Edward St.John Gorey was born in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois.

Education:
Francis W. Parker in Chicago.
The Chicago Art Institute. 1943.
Harvard College in 1946. Graduated 1950. Majored in French.

Employment:
Doubleday & Company, New York. Anchor Books art department. 1953-60.
Random House, New York. Looking Glass Library. Editor and art director. 1959-62.
Bobbs-Merrill, New York. 1963.
Doomed Enterprises. Owner. Present.

Military Service:
U.S. Army, Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. Company clerk. Drafted 1943-46.

Some Favorite Artists:
Balthus, Bonnard, Burchfield, Ernst, Klee, Matisse, Morisot, Munch, Vuillard, Albert York.

Some Favorite Illustrators:
Edward Ardizzone, Edward Bawden, George Herriman, Pisanello.

Some Favorite Books and Authors:
Greek mythology, books about Lizzie Borden and Madeline Smith (murderesses), The Tale of Genji, Flaubert, Agatha Christie, E.H.W. Meyerstein, W.K. Clifford, Dickens, Jane Austen, E.F. Benson.

Some Favorite Movies:
Silent film (especially Barrabas by Feuillade), films by Naruse (Japanese).

Some Favorite Television:
The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Cheers, "trash movies on USA cable".

California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California. 1965.
Gotham Book Mart Gallery, New York. 1970 through present.
University of Texas, Austin, Texas. 1971.
San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California. 1971.
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. 1973.
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. 1974.
Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, California. 1996.

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