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Michael Mott (Michael Charles Alston Mott) was born on 8 December, 1930 in London, England, is a British-born American author (1930–2019). Discover Michael Mott'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 88 years old?

Popular As Michael Charles Alston Mott
Occupation Author, professor
Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 8 December 1930
Birthday 8 December
Birthplace London, England
Date of death 11 October, 2019
Died Place Atlanta, Georgia
Nationality London, England

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1930

Michael Charles Alston Mott (8 December 1930 – 11 October 2019) was a British-born American author.

He produced eleven poetry collections, four novels and a renowned biography of Thomas Merton.

Mott was born in London in December 1930.

His father, Eric Mott, was a solicitor and his mother, Margaret "Totts" Berger Mott, was a sculptor from Denver, Colorado.

Mott was educated in the United States and in England.

After his service in the British Army, he attended Oriel College, Oxford, then art school and a year traveling in Europe and the Middle East.

1944

This includes drafts and notes for Mott’s published and unpublished works, both poetry and prose; journals, diaries and notebooks from 1944–1988; and correspondence with his publishers and with fellow writers from 1965-1989.

1956

Mott then began his literary career taking a job in 1956 as the editor of trade journal, Air Freight.

Between 1956-1966, Mott also worked as the assistant editor of the literary magazine: ADAM International Review, alongside editor Miron Grindea.

1957

In 1957, his first collection of poetry, The Cost of Living, was published.

1961

On 6 May 1961, Mott married Margaret Watt, a fashion designer, at St. John's Wood Church, London.

Between 1961 and 1964, Mott worked as a book editor at Thames & Hudson and then as an editor at The Geographical Magazine (1964–66).

1962

In 1962, as the couple welcomed twin daughters, Sophie and Amanda, Mott's first novel The Notebooks of Susan Berry was published.

Reviewer Kenneth Allsop writing for the Daily Mail called the book, "a brilliant first novel."

1964

During this time, his first juvenile novel, Master Entrick was published in 1964 in the UK.

1966

The book was released in 1966 in the U.S. and a full twenty years later in 1986, a second edition was released as a Dell Yearling edition.

In 1966, Mott was invited to teach at Kenyon College and to be the poetry editor of The Kenyon Review.

While at Kenyon, Mott continued to publish poetry and fiction, publishing Helmet and Wasps and The Blind Cross.

1970

During the 1970s Mott and his family lived in Atlanta, Georgia.

Mott taught at Emory University as Writer in Residence.

Both Michael and Margaret, a costume designer with The Alliance Children's Theater and weaver, were active in Atlanta's budding arts scene.

1972

In 1972, he cofounded the Callanwolde Readings Program, which highlights poets and writers, with poet Turner Cassity.

1974

In 1974, Mott received the Governors Award in Fine Arts from then Governor Jimmy Carter.

1978

In 1978, Michael Mott was commissioned to write the authorized biography of Thomas Merton.

In 1978-1979, and again in 1985-1986 Mott was Writer-in-Residence at the College of William and Mary.

He held a Christopher Award and other awards, and had an honorary doctorate from St. Mary's College, Notre Dame.

1979

Mott was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1979.

1984

The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton was published in 1984.

The biography remained on the non-fiction The New York Times best-seller list for nine weeks.

The book has had nine printings with 60,000 copies sold to date.

1985

Winner of a number of awards, the biography was the runner up for the Pulitzer Prize in biography in 1985.

1990

Mott's wife Margaret died of cancer in 1990.

1992

In 1992, Mott married Emma Lou Powers, he retired, Professor Emeritus, after eleven years' teaching at Bowling Green State University.

In retirement he lived and wrote in Williamsburg, Virginia.

He died in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was being cared for by his daughter Sophie.

2018

In The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton, (2018) Hugh Turley and David Martin refute the account of Merton's death in The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton and other published biographies of Merton pointing to conspiracy theories of his death.

The Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University houses The Michael Mott Collection.