Charles Simmons (author)

Charles Paul Simmons (August 17, 1924 – June 1, 2017)[1] was an American editor and novelist. His first novel, Powdered Eggs (1964), was awarded the William Faulkner Foundation Award (1965) for a notable first novel. Later works include Salt Water (1998),[N 1] The Belles Lettres Papers, and Wrinkles and co-author together with Alexander Coleman of All There is to Know: Readings From the Illustrious Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Not to be confused with Charles Simmons (author, born 1798).
Simmons in 1987

He was formerly an editor of The New York Times Book Review.[3][4] Simmons graduated from Regis High School and then Columbia University in 1948.[5]

Selected works
  • Simmons, Charles (1973). Powdered Eggs. Penguin Books. ISBN 0140032010, 9780140032017
  • Simmons, Charles (1975). Your Subconscious Power. Wilshire Book Company. ISBN 0879801786, 9780879801786
  • Simmons, Charles (1978). Wrinkles. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. ISBN 0374293333, 9780374293338
  • Simmons, Charles (1979). Rides. Ramsay. ISBN 2859561129, 9782859561123
  • Simmons, Charles (1987). The Belles Lettres Papers. William Morrow. ISBN 0688060498, 9780688060497
  • Simmons, Charles (1988). An Old-fashioned Darling. Penguin Books. ISBN 0140111867, 9780140111866
  • Coleman, Alexander (Editor); Simmons, Charles (Editor). (1994). All There Is to Know: Readings From the Illustrious Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 067176747X, 9780671767471
  • Simmons, Charles (1999). Salt Water. Gallery Books. ISBN 0671035673, 9780671035679

References

Notes
  1. A retelling of Turgenev's First Love, The New York Times called Salt Water "a small masterpiece".[2]

Citations
  1. Roberts, Sam (June 7, 2017). "Charles Simmons, Novelist and Critic, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2017-06-08. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  2. "Going Under". The New York Times. September 6, 1998.
  3. Simmons, Charles (13 November 1983). "24 (At Least) Little Pigs". The New York Times. p. 45. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  4. Schiff, Stephen (1987-05-24). "Anyone we know?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  5. "Other Deaths Reported". Columbia College Today. Fall 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-12-23. Retrieved July 13, 2021.


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