Nora Benjamin Kubie (January 4, 1899 - September 8, 1988) was an American writer, artist and amateur archaeologist.
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Born Eleanor Gottheil, she was the daughter of Muriel H. and Paul Gotteil, an executive with the Cunard Line in New York. She graduated from the Calhoun School in New York, delivering the valedictory speech in 1916.[1] Gottheil appears on the Vassar College alumnae list.[2] and was reported by the New York Times as having graduating in 1920 from Barnard College.[3]
Gottheil was married to John J. Benjamin from 1922 until his death in 1936 and she had one son by him.[4] From 1938 to 1949 she was married to the psychoanalyst Lawrence Kubie.[4]
She began her literary career writing nautical stories and juvenile novels, later focusing on Jewish historical fiction and archaeology.[5] She wrote, she said, about things, places, events, and phenomena she knew about personally.[6] Her books about Israel for example, were written after she moved there in the early 1950s, where she lived in Ein Hod, a writers' colony. She traveled throughout the Middle East as an amateur archaeologist and produced an account of the early English explorer, Sir Austen Henry Layard.[7]
nora, benjamin, kubie, january, 1899, september, 1988, american, writer, artist, amateur, archaeologist, biography, editborn, eleanor, gottheil, daughter, muriel, paul, gotteil, executive, with, cunard, line, york, graduated, from, calhoun, school, york, deliv. Nora Benjamin Kubie January 4 1899 September 8 1988 was an American writer artist and amateur archaeologist Biography editBorn Eleanor Gottheil she was the daughter of Muriel H and Paul Gotteil an executive with the Cunard Line in New York She graduated from the Calhoun School in New York delivering the valedictory speech in 1916 1 Gottheil appears on the Vassar College alumnae list 2 and was reported by the New York Times as having graduating in 1920 from Barnard College 3 Gottheil was married to John J Benjamin from 1922 until his death in 1936 and she had one son by him 4 From 1938 to 1949 she was married to the psychoanalyst Lawrence Kubie 4 She began her literary career writing nautical stories and juvenile novels later focusing on Jewish historical fiction and archaeology 5 She wrote she said about things places events and phenomena she knew about personally 6 Her books about Israel for example were written after she moved there in the early 1950s where she lived in Ein Hod a writers colony She traveled throughout the Middle East as an amateur archaeologist and produced an account of the early English explorer Sir Austen Henry Layard 7 As an artist she illustrated many of her juvenile books She lived in Westport Connecticut in her later years and was a member of the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough New Hampshire She died of acute leukemia at the age of 89 3 The novelist Lincoln Child is a grandson In his fantasy novel Thunderhead 1998 he modeled the character of Nora Kelly on Nora Kubie 8 Publications editRoving All the Day Hard Alee 1936 Fathom Five 1939 A history of Bermuda Make Way for a Sailor 1946 Remember the Valley 1951 a novel of young love featuring a female protagonist Joel 1952 a novel centered on a Jewish protagonist during the American Revolution The First Book of Israel 1953 King Solomon s Navy 1954 King Solomon s Horses 1956 The First Book of Archaeology 1957 a history of the development of archaeology Road to Ninevah The Adventures and Excavations of Sir Austen Henry Layard 1964 1965 in the UK The Jews of Israel 1975 Israel 1968 1978 A general introduction References edit The Calhoun School Alumnae address register of Vassar College 1928 a b New York Times Obituary a b Ancestry Genealogy Family Trees amp Family History Records www ancestry co uk Retrieved 2023 02 16 Frischer Rita Berman and Jodi Eichler Levine Children s Literature in the United States Shalvi Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women 23 June 2021 Jewish Women s Archive Viewed on March 2 2023 lt https jwa org encyclopedia article childrens literature in united states gt Barnes and Noble Interview with Lincoln child Journal of the American Academy of Religion Road to Ninevah review 1966 XXXIV 1 56 57 Interview with Lincoln Child Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nora Benjamin Kubie amp oldid 1207936248, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
