Discipline: Literature

Bernice Grohskopf

Discipline: Literature
Region: Charlottesville, VA
MacDowell Fellowships: 1976, 1978, 1980

Bernice Grohskopf (1921-2010) was an American writer of novellas/short stories, young adult fiction, literary criticism and history, and essays. She was a Banister Writer-in-Residence, Sweet Briar College, Virginia, 1980-82; Editorial staff member, William James Edition (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA), 1984-87; Editorial staff member, The Correspondence of William James (University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville), 1988-94; freelance book reviewer, writer, editor. Her publications include Seeds of Time, 1963; From Age to Age, 1968; The Treasure of Sutton Hoo (non-fiction), 1970; Shadow in the Sun, 1975; Notes on the Hauter Experiment, 1975; Children in the Wind, 1977; Blood and Roses, 1979; Tell Me Your Dream, 1981; End of Summer, 1982; Saratoga (non-fiction), 1986.

Studios

Garland

Bernice Grohskopf worked in the Garland studio.

Marian MacDowell and friends originally named this studio in memory of Anna Baetz, the nurse who helped care for Edward MacDowell in the waning years of his life. With generous support from the Garland family, the studio was renovated in 2013 and renamed the Peter and Mary Garland Studio. The inward opening, diamond-pane windows were replaced…

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