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American architect and writer (1919–2010) For other people with the same name, see Robert Nichols.

Robert Nichols (July 15, 1919 – October 14, 2010) was an American architect, novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer.

Early life, military service and education

Born Robert Brayton Nichols in Worcester, Massachusetts, July 15, 1919, Nichols served as an officer in the United States Navy in World War II, and attended and earned two degrees from Harvard University, the first a bachelors and the second in landscape architecture.

Career

Nichols's work in landscape architecture includes a redesign of Washington Square Park in the Manhattan borough of New York City.

His poetry includes the volumes Red Shift (1977), and Slow Newsreel of Man Riding Train (1962, number 15 in the City Lights Pocket Poets Series).

He also wrote the short story collection, In the Air (1991), and novels, including From the Steam Room (1993), and a four-part series of novellas set in the utopia Nghsi-Altai.

Nichols was a co-founder of the New York City's Judson Poets Theatre, and participated in the Theater for the New City and the Bread and Puppet Theater.

Perspnal life

Nichols's first marriage was to the Village Voice editor, Mary Perot Nichols, which ended in divorce in 1969. Nichols married writer Grace Paley in 1972, and they remained married until her death in 2007.

References

  1. ^ Amateau, Albert (October 21, 2010). "Robert Nichols, 91, led Wash. Sq. '69 renovation". The Villager. 80 (21). Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  2. ^ Jaeckle, Daniel P. "The Green Anarchist Utopia of Robert Nichols's Daily Lives in Nghsi-Altai." Utopian Studies 24, no. 2 (2013): 264–82. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  3. "Slow Newsreel of Man Riding Train". Clifford Garstang. March 9, 2005. Archived from the original on July 8, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  4. "Robert Nichols, 91, Led Wash. Sq. '69 Renovation". The Villager. October 21, 2010. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  5. "In the Air". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on July 8, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  6. "From the Steam Room". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on July 8, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  7. "Al Carmines and the Judson Poets' Theater" (PDF). Judson Memorial Church. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  8. "Larry Kornfeld" (PDF). Judson Memorial Church. p. 162. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  9. "TNC Street Theater Summer Tour – The Socialization of a Social Worker or Justice in a Time of Need (2024)". Theater for the New City. July 8, 2024. Archived from the original on July 8, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  10. "Elka Schumann In Memoriam". Bread and Puppet Theater. Archived from the original on July 8, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  11. "About B & P's 60 Year History". Bread and Puppet Theater. Archived from the original on July 8, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  12. Stout, David (May 22, 1996). "Mary Perot Nichols, 69, Who Led WNYC, Dies". The New York Times. p. D21. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  13. Woo, Elaine (August 24, 2007). "Grace Paley, 84; Writer's Bronx-Tinged Stories Focused on Working-Class Lives". Los Angeles Times. p. 98. Retrieved December 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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