Clark Eleanor

American author of non-fiction for over 40 years, including "Rome and a Villa" and "Oysters of Lochmariaquer." Her work also covered book reviews, short stories and a memoir, all of which are rich in literary echoes that show a lifelong love of words. From a literary family of writers and educators, Clark studied music for years before graduating Vassar in 1930, and post-grad B.A. in 1934, finally turning to freelance writing and editing. Her first published novel was "The Bitter Box," 1946. She married the poet Robert Penn Warren in 1952 and they had two children. In 1972, Clark suffered the first retinal hemorrhage that impaired her vision, with another in late 1975. Writing with marker pens, she authored "Eyes, Etc, A Memoir." She died at age 82 on 16 February 1996 in Boston, Massachusetts after battling pneumonia and emphysema. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less