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Evelyn Scott
1893–1963
A daring modernist voice, this American writer moved between poetry, novels, drama, and memoir with unusual freedom. Her work was widely noticed in the 1920s and 1930s, then faded from view before later readers began to rediscover it.
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About the author
Born Elsie Dunn in Clarksville, Tennessee, on January 17, 1893, she became known as Evelyn Scott and built a career as a novelist, playwright, and poet. She spent part of her youth in New Orleans and later lived in Brazil, an experience that fed into her early writing and helped shape her independent literary identity.
Scott was associated with literary modernism and became known for experimental fiction as well as poetry and memoir. Her books drew serious attention in the 1920s and 1930s, and she published across several forms rather than staying in a single lane.
Although her reputation declined later in life, she remains an intriguing figure in American literature because of her formal ambition and range. She died in New York on August 3, 1963.