Bowen, Catherine

Bowen, Catherine

▪ American writer
née  Drinker 
born January 1, 1897, Haverford, Pennsylvania, U.S.
died November 1, 1973, Haverford

      American historical biographer known for her partly fictionalized biographies. After attending the Peabody Institute and the Juilliard School of Music, she became interested in writing. Not surprisingly, her earliest works were inspired by the lives of musicians.

      Her biography of the Elizabethan jurist Sir Edward Coke, The Lion and The Throne (1957), won her the National Book Award in 1958. Her many other books include Beloved Friend (1937), about the relationship of Tchaikovsky and Nadezhda von Meck; Yankee from Olympus; Justice Holmes and His Family (1944); John Adams and the American Revolution (1950); and Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787 (1966).

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