Evelyn Scott (writer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Evelyn Scott (writer)

American novelist, playwright

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1893

Place of Birth: Clarksville, Tennessee, United States

Date of Death: 03-Aug-1963

Profession: writer, poet, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Evelyn Scott (born as Elsie Dunn January 17, 1893 – died August 3, 1963) was an American novelist, playwright and poet.
A modernist and experimental writer, Scott "was a significant literary figure in the 1920s and 1930s, but she eventually sank into critical oblivion."Her first husband was Frederick Creighton Wellman, under his pseudonym, Cyril Kay-Scott, but she also had an affair with Owen Merton, father of Thomas Merton. Scott later married the English writer John Metcalfe.She sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Ernest Souza, and under her birth name, Elsie Dunn.