Bryna Ivens Untermeyer

Bryna Ivens Untermeyer (August 27, 1909 - March 1985) was an American writer and editor. She was an editor for She and Seventeen, from which she also edited story collections.[1] She also edited collections of children stories with her husband poet Louis Untermeyer and wrote a book about one of their cats from its perspective, Memoir for Mrs. Sullavan.[2]

Untermeyer was fiction and feature editor at Seventeen until 1948.[3][4]

She is credited as a writer for the 1941 film Murder on Lenox Avenue. Untermeyer wrote Memoir for Mrs. Sullivan about her family's cat.[5] She edited Sorry Dear, an illustrated collection of sayings from famous authors.

Personal life

Bryna Ivens married poet Louis Untermeyer in 1948,[6] though the legal status of the marriage was contested. Untermeyer was 62 while Ivens was 39.[7] They edited collections of classic children's tales together. Jan Struther inscribed a poem about a cat to the couple.[8]

Selected works

  • Memoir for Mrs. Sullavan[9] illustrated by Barry Gelle
  • The Seventeen Reader edited by Bryna Ivens. Lippincott[10]
  • Legendary Animals (1954), a collection of tales featuring animals
  • Stories first published in the magazine Seventeen with a wide range of theme and mood, all featuring teenagers; Fun and fancy (1958)
  • Old friends and lasting favorites (1962)
  • Wonder Lands (1962), a collection of folk tales
  • The golden treasury of children's literature (1966), a collection of classic fairy tales
  • Sorry Dear, editor, by Bryna Ivens Untermeyer. Golden Press, New York (1968)[11]
  • The Love Poems of Robert Herrick and John Donne, edited with her husband

References

  1. ^ B, E. L. (September 28, 1952). "Varied Fare; NINETEEN FROM SEVENTEEN. Edited by Bryna Ivens. 239 pp. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. $2.75" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. ^ Untermeyer, Bryna Ivens (May 2, 2001). Memoir for Mrs. Sullavan. ISBN 9780595179190 – via iUnkverse.
  3. ^ "Letter from Bradley Kelly to Helen Keller enclosing copies of 'Reading Times' regarding Mark Twain (... December 4, 1958". www.afb.org. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  4. ^ Taylor, Claire (1962-03-07). "Noted Anthologist Visits Sanibel". News-Press. p. 18. Retrieved 2020-08-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Low, Ruth (1966-04-03). "Bryna Untermeyer is Author of Charming Book About Pets". The Bridgeport Post. p. 56. Retrieved 2020-08-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Untermeyer, Louis (June 30, 2000). The Paths of Poetry: Twenty-Five Poets & Their Poems. iUniverse. ISBN 9780595006533 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Poet's Status a Puzzle". The New York Times. 28 June 1950.
  8. ^ "Jan Struther poem and obituary clipping, 1953". researchworks.oclc.org.
  9. ^ Untermeyer, Bryna Ivens (May 30, 2001). Memoir for Mrs. Sullavan. iUniverse. ISBN 9780595179190 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "The Year After Sweet Sixteen". The Knoxville Journal. 1951-02-18. p. 38. Retrieved 2020-08-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Untermeyer, Bryna Ivens [WorldCat Identities]".