Virginia Claire (Spencer) Carr Ph.D. (1929 - 2012)

Born 20 Jul 1929 in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Ancestors

Died 10 Apr 2012 at age 82 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Virginia was born in 1929. She passed away in 2012.

Virginia Spencer Carr was formerly the John B. and Elena Dìaz-Versòn Chair of English Letters at Georgia State University. Her other works include the Paul Bowles: A Life, Understanding Carson McCullers, (South Carolina, 1991), and The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers, (Doubleday, 1975), winner of the Francis Butler Simkins Prize of the Southern Historical Society and Longwood College. In 2004, Carr lived in Atlanta, Georgia.

Florida, Marriage Indexes

Name Virginia Claire Spencer

Marriage Date 1953

Marriage Place Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Spouse LIVING Carr

Certificate 13254

Volume 1436

Source Florida Department of Health

Obituary EXCERPT

Dr. Carr was born in West Palm Beach, Fla, to Wilma Bell Spencer and Louis Perry Spencer. She received her BA degree from FSU; her master's from UNC-Chapel Hill, and her PhD also from Florida State University. Dr. Carr wrote extensive biographies of Georgia-born writer Carson McCullers, John Dos Passos, and Paul Bowles.

Carr was a professor for many years at Columbus College in Columbus, Ga., and later professor as well as English Dept. Chair at Georgia State University. She retired in 2003 and moved to Lynn, Massachusetts. Dr. Carr was survived by 3 daughters, 7 grandchildren, and LIVING, whom she married in 2006.

Wikipedia: Virginia Spencer Carr

Virginia Spencer Carr was a biographer of Carson McCullers, John Dos Passos and Paul Bowles.

Although neither biography won the award, her books on Carson McCullers and John Dos Passos were nominated for Pulitzer Prizes.

Sources

• Florida, Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Spencer_Carr
• Virginia Spencer Carr, The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers, Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., New York, 1985
• Virginia Spencer Carr, Dos Passos: A Life, first published January 1, 1984, reprint, Northwestern University Press, 2004.
• Virginia Spencer Carr, Paul Bowles: A Life, Northwestern University Press, January 28, 2009.
• 2022-12-08 The Lonely Hunter A Biography of Carson McCullers by Virginia Spencer Carr.jpg