Harry Mathews

Harry Mathews (1930 - ) is an American author of numerous novels, volumes of poetry, and essays. He is the only American member of French writing group Oulipo. Heir to an enormous fortune left to him by his architect father, Mathews has been able to devote himself throughout his life to his writing without needing to care about its capacity to make money.

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1930 - Oulipo

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He graduated from Harvard in 1952 after leaving Princeton. He met artist Niki de Saint Phalle, herself heir a large family fortune, when he was 12. They married young, moved to France, had two children, and divorced. Using money inherited from a grandparent Mathews helped fund the journal Locus Solus (named after a novel by Raymond Roussel) which he edited along with John Ashbery, James Schuyler, and Kenneth Koch. The bisexual Mathews is married to the writer Marie Chaix and splits his time between Paris, Key West, and New York.

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Niki de Saint Phalle - Raymond Roussel - John Ashbery - James Schuyler - Kenneth Koch - Marie Chaix

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