Quotes by Harry Mathews

About Harry Mathews:

Harry Mathews is an American author of various novels, volumes of poetry and short fiction, and essays. He is also a translator from the French.
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I graduated in 1952 and went to Europe, with Niki and our first child Laura, who was then a year old.

Harry Mathews

And then, when I left Princeton in the middle of my sophomore year, I went into the navy.

Harry Mathews

And I finished college because I thought how much it would upset my parents if I didn't.

Harry Mathews

After the navy, I transferred to Harvard and finished there. I was there the spring term of 1951 and I stayed through the summer term and a whole other year, so I was able to do two years in a little less than a year and a half.

Harry Mathews

My next project is to get back to that. Actually, to learn how to write poetry. I'm not kidding.

Harry Mathews

Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limited.

Harry Mathews

Author Bio

  • NameHarry Mathews
  • DescriptionAmerican author
  • BornFebruary 14, 1930
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAuthor; Translator; Novelist