Margaret Deland

Margaret Deland ( born February 23, 1857 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania as Margaretta Wade Campbell, † January 13, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts ) was an American author of novels, short stories and poems.

Early years

Margaret Deland was born on 23 February 1857 as a subsidiary of Sample Campbell and Margaretta Wade. Her mother died at her birth and her father she lost in early childhood. Therefore, she was raised by her Aunt Lois Wade. At the age of eighteen, she moved alone to New York City, where she studied art and design at the Cooper Union College. In the following years she taught at the Normal College of the City of New York drawing and design to them on May 12, 1880 Lorin Fuller Deland married and moved with him to Boston, where she spent most of her other life. Here she became involved socially with her husband, in that they received 60 unmarried mothers in their house and therefore tried to break this social taboo. To finance this venture painted porcelain Deland first and then proceeded to post short poems for greeting cards. A friend sent some of her poems to the Harper 's Magazine, in its March 1885 edition of The succory was published.

Career as a writer

In 1886 Delands first book, The Old Garden and Other Verses was published by Houghton Mifflin. This has a circulation of 1,000 copies published book was sold out within a week. In 1899 it appeared in the fifteenth edition. In addition to poetry itself Deland devoted early on to other literary genres. John Ward, Preacher, Delands first novel, was published in 1888 and the controversial history of the conflict between a Calvinist pastor and his episcopal woman found a high heel. The proceeds from the book sales Delands Margaret and her husband's financial success in the advertising industry gave the family financial security and they were respected members of Boston society.

Also short stories were among the works Delands, especially Old Chester Tales ( 1899), a collection of short stories set in the fictional town Old Chester and in which the contrast between the desires of individuals and the welfare of the community will be discussed. This often form figures within a story different approaches to a problem and thereby clarify the complexity of moral choices.

Although Deland was never able to build on the success of earlier works later, she received several awards and honors.

Margaret Deland died on 13 January 1945 at the age of 87 at the Sheraton Hotel in Boston.

Publications (selection)

Prizes and awards

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