Hildegarde hawthorne biography
Hildegarde hawthorne biography
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Hildegarde Hawthorne
American poet
Hildegarde Hawthorne | |
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Hildegarde Hawthorne and her father Julian Hawthorne, from a publication. | |
| Born | September 25, New York, United States |
| Died | December 10, Danbury, Connecticut, United States |
| Othernames | Hildegarde Oskison |
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| Spouse | |
| Parent(s) | Julian Hawthorne Minnie Amelung |
Hildegarde Hawthorne (September 25, – December 10, ) was an American writer of supernatural and ghost stories, a poet and biographer.
Family
Born on September 25, , in New York City, Hildegarde Hawthorne was the granddaughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne (–) and eldest child of Julian Hawthorne (–) and Minnie Amelung Hawthorne.[1][2] She lived in Germany, England, and Jamaica as a child.[3]
Career
At age sixteen Hildegarde began selling articles to the children's magazine St.
Nicholas. Her supernatural short story "Perdita," was published in the March Harper's Magazine.[4] She w