Elaine Gottlieb Hemley (1916-2004) was born in New York City and grew up on Long Island. She received a degree in journalism from New York University. She wrote a succession of short stories and her first and only novel Darkling (1947). She married poet and novelist Cecil Hemley in 1953. He died in 1966, leaving her with three children. For many years, she taught creative writing at several colleges and universities.
Discipline:
Literature
Elaine Gottlieb Hemley
Discipline:
Literature
Region: Long Beach, L.I., NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1951, 1956, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975
Studios
Star
Elaine Gottlieb Hemley worked in the Star studio.
Funded by Alpha Chi Omega, a national fraternity founded in 1885, Star Studio — built in 1911–1912 — was the first studio given to the residency by an outside organization. To this day, Alpha Chi sorority pledges learn the story of Star Studio and its role in supporting American arts and letters. Beginning as a nicely proportioned…