Robert Cantwell
| Robert Cantwell | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Robert Emmett Cantwell January 31, 1908 Little Falls (now Vader), Washington |
| Died | December 8, 1978 (aged 70) New York City |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | University of Washington |
| Occupation | Novelist, biographer, essayist, editor |
| Years active | 1929–1978 |
| Employer | TIME, Fortune, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated |
| Notable work | The Land of Plenty (1934) |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Elizabeth Chambers |
| Children | Joan McNiece Cantwell, Betsy Ann Cantwell, and Mary Elizabeth Emmett Cantwell |
| Parent(s) | Charles James Cantwell, Nina Adelia Hanson |
Robert Emmett Cantwell (January 31, 1908 – December 8, 1978) was a novelist and critic. His most notable work, The Land of Plenty, focuses on a lumber mill in a thinly disguised version of his hometown in Washington State.
Cantwell was born in Little Falls (now Vader), Washington. His parents were Charles James Cantwell, an engineer, and Nina Adelia Hanson.
He attended the University of Washington (1924−1925) and then spent the next four years working at Harbor Plywood Co., (1925−1929) in Hoquiam, Washington.
. In 1929, after selling a short story "Hanging by My Thumbs" to The New American Caravan, he moved to New York City, landed a book contract with Farrar and Rinehart, and began work on his first novel, Laugh and Lie Down (1931). From 1930 to 1935 (and during the Great Depression), he wrote a second novel, The Land of Plenty (1934). He published a number of short stories in The Miscellany, American Caravan, Pagany, and The New Republic. In December 1933, he accepted work already passed over by Whittaker Chambers, namely to co-write a biography of Boston's E. A. Filene, in collaboration with Lincoln Steffens. The same month, Steffens suffered a heart-attack and died in 1936; Cantwell handed the manuscript to Filene in 1937.
Meantime, to support himself while writing, Cantwell took on regular-paying jobs. From November 1932 until its close in 1935, he worked as literary editor of New Outlook magazine.
On April 23, 1935 and through 1936, Cantwell joined the editorial staff of Time as book reviewer. In 1937, he joined Time's sister magazine, Fortune. In 1938, he returned to Time as associate editor (1938−1945). Returning to Time, he helped his friend Chambers get his old job as book reviewer.
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