Claire Nicolas White
Claire Nicolas White was an American poet, novelist and translator of Dutch literature. She was a niece of Aldous Huxley and the granddaughter-in-law of architect Stanford White.
Life
White was born in Groet, Netherlands, the daughter of Joep Nicolas, a Dutch stained-glass artist who emigrated to America just before World War II. She grew up in the European exile community in New York City. Her husband, the sculptor Robert White, was a grandson of Stanford White.
White's literary papers are held by Stony Brook University.
Works
Translations
The Time of Our Lives by Martine Rouchaud, 1946.The Assault by Harry Mulisch, 1985. Translated from the Dutch.A Night in May by Alfred de Musset, 1989. Translated from the French.A Letter of Time by, 1989. Translated from the Dutch. The Vanishing by Tim Krabbé, 1993. Translated from the Dutch.My Father's War: A Novel by Adriaan van Dis, 1996. Translated from the Dutch.
Other
Joep Nicolas: leven en werk, 1979The Bridge, 1987River Boy, 1988Stanford White: Letters to His Family : including a selection of letters to Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1997