Claire Nicolas White
Claire Nicolas White was an American poet, novelist and translator of Dutch literature. She was a niece of Aldous Huxley and the granddaughter-in-law of architect Stanford White.Life
White was born in Groet, Netherlands, the daughter of, a Dutch stained-glass artist who emigrated to America just before World War II. She grew up in the European exile community in New York City. Her husband, the sculptor Robert White, was a grandson of Stanford White.
White's literary papers are held by Stony Brook University.Works
Translations
- The Time of Our Lives by Martine Rouchaud, 1946.
- The Assault by Harry Mulisch, 1985. Translated from the Dutch.
- A Night in May by Alfred de Musset, 1989. Translated from the French.
- A Letter of Time by, 1989. Translated from the Dutch.
- The Vanishing by Tim Krabbé, 1993. Translated from the Dutch.
- My Father's War: A Novel by Adriaan van Dis, 1996. Translated from the Dutch.
Other
- Joep Nicolas: leven en werk, 1979
- The Bridge, 1987
- River Boy, 1988
- Stanford White: Letters to His Family : including a selection of letters to Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1997
