Peter de Vries biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Peter de Vries

Author Name:

Peter de Vries

Born As:

Other Names:

Peter de Vries

Born:

27 Feb 1910

Died:

28 Sep 1933




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Editor and novelist                          
Selected Works:

But Who Wakes the Bugler? - 1940
The Handsome Heart - 1943
Angels Can't Do Better - 1944
No But I Saw the Movie- 1952
The Tunnel of Love - 1954
Comfort Me with Apples - 1956
The Mackerel Plaza - 1958
The Tents of Wickedness - 1959
Through the Fields of Clover - 1961
The Blood of the Lamb - 1961
Reuben, Reuben - 1964
Let Me Count the Ways - 1965
The Vale of Laughter - 1967
The Cat's Pajamas - 1968
Witch's Milk - 1968
Mrs. Wallop - 1971
Into Your Tent I'll Creep - 1971
Without A Stitch In Time - 1972
Forever Panting - 1973
The Glory Of The Hummingbird - 1974
I Hear America Swinging - 1976
Madder Music - 1977
Consenting Adults; or, The Duchess Will Be Furious - 1980
Sauce for the Goose - 1981
Slouching Towards Kalamazoo - 1983
The Prick of Noon - 1985
Peckham's Marbles - 1986

Short stories and humorous pieces:

Open House - 1949 - Short story.
Jam Today - 1950 - Humorous piece about jazz snobs.                          
Wife Katinka Loeser, four children, Jon, Derek, Jan and Emily, who died at the age of 10 of leukemia.