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James Schevill (James Erwin Schevill) was born on 10 June, 1920 in Berkeley, California, United States, is an American poet. Discover James Schevill's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?
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James Erwin Schevill |
Occupation |
Poet
critic
playwright
professor |
Age |
89 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
Born |
10 June 1920 |
Birthday |
10 June |
Birthplace |
Berkeley, California, United States |
Date of death |
2009 |
Died Place |
Berkeley, California, United States |
Nationality |
United States
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James Schevill Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is James Schevill's Wife?
His wife is Helen Shaner (married 1942, divorced 1966)
Margot Helmuth Blum (married 1967)
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Wife |
Helen Shaner (married 1942, divorced 1966)
Margot Helmuth Blum (married 1967) |
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Children |
Deborah Schevill
Susanna Schevill |
James Schevill Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is James Schevill worth at the age of 89 years old? James Schevill’s income source is mostly from being a successful poet. He is from United States. We have estimated James Schevill's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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poet |
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Timeline
James Erwin Schevill (June 10, 1920 – January 30, 2009) was an American poet, critic, playwright and professor at San Francisco State University and Brown University, and the recipient of Guggenheim and Ford Foundation fellowships.
He was visiting Freiburg, Germany, in 1938 when the Kristallnacht riots occurred, and the experience led him into writing and poetry.
Other seminal experiences came from his own family background, travel, and during his Army service.
He was influenced by his father, Rudolph Schevill, who created and chaired the department of romance languages at UC Berkeley, and created the West Coast committee in defense of the Spanish republic at the request of his friends Pablo Casals and Fernando de los Rios.
His mother Margaret Schevill, was an artist, a scholar of Navaho culture and mythology, and a follower of Carl Jung.
In a 1950 letter to Robert Sproul, the president of the University of California, he refused to sign a loyalty oath, at the time a prerequisite to becoming an instructor at the UC Berkeley.
Instead he went on to teach at California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco State University, where he headed the Poetry Center, and at Brown University until his retirement.
In 1968, he signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.
His plays include Lovecraft's Follies (1971) (based on the life and work of Providence horror writer H. P. Lovecraft), The Ushers, Mother O, Shadows of Memory, The Last Romantics, Cathedral of Ice, The House on F Street and others.
He received a literary award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters for his plays.
He also wrote the libretto for Jerome Rosen's opera.
As a German speaker, he worked for military intelligence and was assigned to a prisoner of war camp where, despite the denazification program, he saw that Nazis dominated other prisoners, as he described in his novel Cathedral of Ants (1976).
In 1981 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship in Drama and Performance Art.
His contributions to the theater began with his strong involvement in the Actors Workshop in San Francisco, and his founding of Wastepaper Theater at Brown University as well as his collaborations with Trinity Reporatory Theater in Providence.
He suffered a severe stroke in 1999 which made him a wheelchair user.
He died in Berkeley, California, in January 2009.