Cyrilly Abels

Cyrilly Abels (October 12, 1904 – November 8, 1975) was an American editor and literary agent.

Biography

Abels graduated from Radcliffe College in 1926.[1] In the 1930s, she was the executive secretary of the League of American Writers.[2] She served as the managing editor of Mademoiselle magazine between 1945 and 1960.[3] Under her leadership, the magazine's focus shifted from fashion to literature, publishing stories by Truman Capote, Dylan Thomas, and Carson McCullers.[4]

Abels was a close friend of Katherine Anne Porter.[5] In addition to Porter, Abels served as the literary agent for Christina Stead, Francis Steegmuller, Zelda Popkin, and Robert Scheer, among others.[6]

Legacy

Abels served as Sylvia Plath's model for the editor Jay Cee in The Bell Jar.[7] Her papers, including her correspondence with Porter, are held at the University of Maryland.[8]

References
  1. Bingham, Sallie (2014). The Blue Box: Three Lives in Letters. Sarabande Books. ISBN 9781936747870.
  2. Stout, Janis P. (1995). Katherine Anne Porter: A Sense of the Times. University of Virginia Press. p. 142.
  3. Unrue, Darlene Harbour, ed. (2012). Selected Letters of Katherine Anne Porter: Chronicles of a Modern Woman. University Press of Mississippi. p. 360. ISBN 9781617036200.
  4. Adams, Alice (2011). The Stories of Alice Adams. New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. pp. i. ISBN 9780307798145.
  5. Givner, Joan (1982). Katherine Anne Porter : A Life. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 411. ISBN 0671432079.
  6. "Cyrilly Abels, Authors' Agent". The New York Times. November 9, 1975. p. 71. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  7. Wilson, Andrew (2013). Mad girl's love song : Sylvia Plath and life before Ted. New York: Scribner. p. 201. ISBN 9781476710310.
  8. Cyrilly Abels papers, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries. hdl:1903.1/1537 Accessed January 16, 2024.
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