5/30/2023 0 Comments Edward gorey amphigorey tooThat first year he lived in Mower Hall, where he met another veteran, ex-navy man Frank O’Hara. His hair was combed forward, Roman style. He arrived sporting a full-length sheepskin-lined coat, sneakers, and thick rings on his long fingers. If the military left any impact on young Gorey, it didn’t show. Born and raised in Chicago, he came to Cambridge, in that first post-World War II year, after a stint as a clerk at Utah’s Dugway Proving Ground, where the army tested poison gas. And to his Harvard classmates-before fame, success, and cult notoriety-Gorey was a campus dandy with a high-speed brain and large-size appetite for art, literature, and music. To theatergoers, he’s the Tony Award-winning costumer of Dracula. To television viewers, he’s the creator of the animation that opens Mystery on PBS. To those with an absurdist sense of humor and fondness for the fine line, Gorey is the beloved author and illustrator of such neo-Edwardian tales as The Doubtful Guest, The Curious Sofa, and The Loathsome Couple. Drawing courtesy of the Edward Gorey Charitable Trust
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