A world of light portraits and celebrations Sarton, May 1912-1995 creator author. text biography collective biographies. Biographies Biographies. Biographies. nyu 1976 1976 First edition. monographic eng print 254 pages : illustration, portraits ; 22 cm In A World of Light, renowned poet and novelist May Sarton renders unforgettable portraits of the friends she considers family--and the family she looks upon as friends. From her father, famed science historian George Sarton, she learns that work is "of the first importance." Her mother, Mabel, an artist in her own right, is her "dearest friend." Sarton also introduces us to fellow creative minds Elizabeth Bowen and Louise Brogan, Swiss vigneron Marc Turian, a New Hampshire painter named Quig, and many others. Preface -- An informal portrait of George Sarton -- Mabel Elwes Sarton: portrait of the artist as my mother -- Celine Dangotte Limbosch -- Edith Forbes Kennedy -- Grace Eliot Dudley: le petit bois -- Alice and Haniel Long: the leopard land -- Marc, the vigneron -- Quig, the painter -- S.S. Koteliansky -- Elizabeth Bowen -- Louise Bogan -- Jean Dominique. by May Sarton. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Arden Eversmeyer Collection. British Library not licensed to copy 0. Uk Sarton, May 1912-1995 Friends and associates Authors, American 20th century Biography Sarton, May 1912- Friends and associates Écrivains américains 20e siècle Biographies Sarton, May 1912-1995 Authors, American 1900-1999 fast PS3537.A832 Z526 1976 818/.5/203 9780393075069 0393075060 0393075068 76016796 British Library not licensed to copy 0. Uk DLC 760503 20231218150309.9 in00000446841 eng