Benita Eisler
Benita Eisler (born July 24, 1937, in New York City)[1] is an American writer and educator. She is best known for her biographies of historic figures, including Lord Byron, Georgia O'Keeffe, and George Catlin.
Personal life[edit]
Eisler was born July 24, 1937, in New York City to Morris Aaron and Frances Blitzer.[1] She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in 1958 and a Master of Arts degree from Harvard University in 1961.[1] On June 23, 1961, she married Colin Eisler , and together, they have one daughter.[1]
Eisler presently lives in Manhattan.[2]
She is Jewish.[1]
Career[edit]
From 1975 to 1978, Eisler served as producer to WNET-TV, a public television station in New York City.[1] She has also "worked as an art editor, reporter, on-camera correspondent, and producer of arts programming for [public] television."[3]
Eisler edited The Lowell Offering, which was released in 1977. She published her first book, Class ACT, in 1983.
She has also taught nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature at Princeton University.[3]
Awards and honors[edit]
Byron: Child of Passion, Fool of Fame received a starred review from Booklist.[4] Naked in the Marketplace received starred reviews from Booklist[5] and Kirkus Reviews, who highlighted the way "Eisler skillfully incorporates much correspondence within a frame of lively writing."[6]
| Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | O’Keeffe and Stieglitz: An American Romance | Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography | Finalist | [7] |
| 1999 | Byron: Child of Passion, Fool of Fame | Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography | Finalist | [8] |
| 2013 | The Red Man’s Bones: George Catlin, Artist and Showman | Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography | Finalist | [9][10] |
Publications[edit]
As author[edit]
- Class ACT: America's Last Dirty Secret (1983)
- Private Lives: Men and Women of the Fifties (1986)
- O'Keeffe and Stieglitz: An American Romance (1991)
- Byron: Child Of Passion, Fool Of Fame (1999)
- Chopin's Funeral (2003)
- Naked in the Marketplace: The Lives of George Sand (2004)
- The Red Man's Bones: George Catlin, Artist and Showman (2013)
As editor[edit]
- The Lowell Offering: Writings by New England Mill Women (1840-1945) (1977)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Eisler, Benita 1937-". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Benita Eisler". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ a b "Benita Eisler". Counterpoint Press. 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Byron: Child of Passion, Fool of Fame". Booklist. 1999-03-15. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Naked in the Marketplace: The Lives of George Sand". Booklist. 2006-10-15. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Naked in the Marketplace". Kirkus Reviews. 2006-09-15. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "1991 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography Winner and Nominees". Awards Archive. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography Winner and Nominees". Awards Archive. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography Winner and Nominees". Awards Archive. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ Hoffert, Barbara (2014-02-21). "Finalists Announced for Los Angeles Times Book Prizes". Library Journal. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
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