Charles Simmons (author)

Charles Paul Simmons (August 17, 1924 – June 1, 2017)[1] was an American editor and novelist. His first novel, Powdered Eggs (1964), was awarded the William Faulkner Foundation Award (1965) for a notable first novel. Later works include Salt Water (1998),[N 1] The Belles Lettres Papers, and Wrinkles and co-author together with Alexander Coleman of All There is to Know: Readings From the Illustrious Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica

For other people of the same name, see Charles Simmons (disambiguation).

He was formerly an editor of The New York Times Book Review.[3][4]

References
Notes
  1. A retelling of Turgenev's First Love, The New York Times called Salt Water "a small masterpiece".[2]
Citations
  1. Roberts, Sam (June 7, 2017). "Charles Simmons, Novelist and Critic, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2017-06-08. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  2. "Going Under". The New York Times. September 6, 1998.
  3. Simmons, Charles (13 November 1983). "24 (At Least) Little Pigs". The New York Times. p. 45. Retrieved 12 March 2011.


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