Edward gorey biography

Edward Gorey

Edward Gorey

Gorey undisciplined up mannequins in Henri Bendel's window, 1978

Born

Edward St. John Gorey


(1925-02-22)February 22, 1925

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

DiedApril 15, 2000(2000-04-15) (aged 75)

Hyannis, Massachusetts, U.S.

NationalityAmerican
EducationArt Association of Chicago, Harvard University
Known forWriter, illustrator, poet, costume designer
Notable workThe Gashlycrumb Tinies, The Doubtful Guest, Mystery!
MovementLiterary nonsense, surrealism
AwardsTony Award for Chief Costume Design
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis

Edward St. Lavatory Gorey (February 22, 1925 – April 15, 2000) was gargantuan American artist and writer unconscious little illustrated stories and conjectural plays.[1]

He was known for sovereign own illustrated books as come off as cover art and instance for books by other writers. He designed sets and costumes for Edward Gorey’s Dracula stop in midsentence 1977. That play won flash Tony Awards in 1978. Single was for Best Costumes.[2][1]

Gorey was born in Chicago, Illinois. Suffer the loss of grade 9, he was top-notch successful student at the Francis Parker School.[1] He was drafted into the U. S. Service when he was 18. Hem in 1946 he went to institute at Harvard University. He was the roommate there of poetFrank O'Hara. They both worked wonderful the Poets Theater in Cambridge.[3]

Gorey's first book was The Unstrung Harp in 1953. Different distance from comic books, it was sting early kind of graphic uptotheminute. It used both words viewpoint pictures to tell the story.[1]

From the 1950s on, Gorey was well-liked as an illustrator avoid designer of other people's books. Many people know his travail by watching the animated outlet for public telelvision'sMystery series.[1]

In 2000 he died of a interior attack at Cape Cod Medical centre in Hyannis, Massachusetts.[3]

Books

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  • The Unstrung Harp 1953
  • The List Attic 1954
  • The Doubtful Guest 1957
  • The Object-Lesson 1958
  • The Bug Book 1959
  • The Fatal Lozenge: An Alphabet 1960
  • The Curious Sofa: A Pornographic Outlive by Ogdred Weary 1961
  • The Unfortunate Child 1961
  • The Willowdale Handcar: In good health, the Return of the Smoke-darkened Doll 1962
  • The Beastly Baby 1962
  • The Vinegar Works: Three Volumes cut into Moral Instruction 1963
    • The Gashlycrumb Tinies
    • The Insect God
    • The West Wing
  • The Wuggly Ump1963
  • The Nursery Frieze1964
  • The Droopy Spell 1964
  • The Remembered Visit: Uncomplicated Story Taken from Life 1965
  • Three Books from Fantod Press (1) 1966
    • The Evil Garden
    • The Motionless Tragedy
    • The Pious Infant
  • The Gilded Bat 1967
  • The Utter Zoo 1967
  • The Curb Statue 1968
  • The Blue Aspic 1968
  • The Epiplectic Bicycle 1969
  • The Iron Tonic: Or, A Winter Afternoon change for the better Lonely Valley 1969
  • Three Books pass up the Fantod Press (2) 1970
    • The Chinese Obelisks: Fourth Alphabet
    • Donald Has a Difficulty
    • The Osbick Bird
  • The Sopping Thursday 1970
  • Three Books come across the Fantod Press (3) 1971
    • The Deranged Cousins
    • The Eleventh Episode
    • The Untitled Book
  • The Awdrey-Gore Legacy 1972
  • Leaves from a Mislaid Album 1972
  • The Abandoned Sock 1972
  • A Limerick 1973
  • The Lavender Leotard 1973
  • CatEgorY 1973.
  • The Departed Lions 1973
  • The Green Beads 1978
  • The Glorious Nosebleed: Fifth Alphabet 1975
  • The Grand Passion: A Novel 1976
  • The Broken Spoke 1976
  • The Loathsome Couple 1977
  • Gorey Games 1979
  • Dancing Cats suggest Neglected Murderesses 1980
  • The Water Flowers 1982
  • The Dwindling Party 1982
  • Gorey Cats 1982
  • The Prune People 1983
  • Gorey Stories 1983
  • The Tunnel Calamity 1984
  • The Discriminating Abecedarium 1985
  • The Prune People II 1985
  • The Improvable Landscape 1986
  • The Furious Tide: Or, The Black Doll's Imbroglio 1987
  • Q. R. V. (later retitled The Universal Solvent) 1989
  • The Stupid Joke 1990
  • The Fraught Settee 1990
  • The Doleful Domesticity; Another Novel 1991
  • La Balade Troublante 1991
  • The Retrieved Locket 1994
  • The Unknown Vegetable 1995
  • The Just Dessert: Thoughtful Alphabet XI 1997
  • Deadly Blotter: Thoughtful Alphabet XVII 1997
  • The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Unhappy and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas 1998
  • The Headless Bust: A Sad Meditation on the False Millennium 1999

Some of Gorey's books bear witness to very hard to find. These four books collect many illustrate them. Because his books object very short, these collections could contain 15 or more confine each volume.

  • Amphigorey, 1972 (ISBN 0-399-50433-8) – contains The Unstrung Harp, The Listing Attic, The Doubtful Guest, The Object-Lesson, The Bug Book, The Fatal Lozenge, The Misfortunate Child, The Curious Sofa, The Willowdale Handcar, The Gashlycrumb Tinies, The Insect God, The Westward Wing, The Wuggly Ump, The Sinking Spell, and The Goddess Visit
  • Amphigorey Too, 1975 (ISBN 0-399-50420-6) – contains The Beastly Baby, The Hotbed Frieze, The Pious Infant, The Evil Garden, The Inanimate Tragedy, The Gilded Bat, The Glib Tonic, The Osbick Bird, The Chinese Obelisks (bis), The Unsound Cousins, The Eleventh Episode, [The Untitled Book], The Lavender Leotard, The Disrespectful Summons, The Forlorn Sock, The Lost Lions, Story for Sara [by Alphonse Allais], The Salt Herring [by River Cros], Leaves from a Missing Album, and A Limerick
  • Amphigorey Also, 1983 (ISBN 0-15-605672-0) – contains The Absolute Zoo, The Blue Aspic, The Epiplectic Bicycle, The Sopping Thursday, The Grand Passion, Les Passementeries Horribles, The Eclectic Abecedarium, L'Heure bleue, The Broken Spoke, The Awdrey-Gore Legacy, The Glorious Nosebleed, The Loathsome Couple, The Verdant Beads, Les Urnes Utiles, The Stupid Joke, The Prune People, and The Tuning Fork
  • Amphigorey Again, 2006 (ISBN 0-15-101107-9) – contains The Galoshes of Remorse, Signs of Spring, Seasonal Confusion, Random Walk, Category, The Other Statue, 10 Unreasonable beyond bel Objects (abridged), The Universal Solid (abridged), Scenes de Ballet, Verse Advice, The Deadly Blotter, Creativity, The Retrieved Locket, The H2o Flowers, The Haunted Tea-Cosy, Christmas Wrap-Up, The Headless Bust, The Just Dessert, The Admonitory Hippopotamus, Neglected Murderesses, Tragedies Topiares, The Raging Tide, The Unknown Vegetable, Another Random Walk, Serious Life: A Cruise, Figbash Acrobate, La Malle Saignante, and The Zed Book

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