Hyatt Bass (born 1969) is an American novelist.
Hyatt Bass | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 or 1969 (age 55–56)[1] |
| Education | Princeton University (AB) |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Spouse | Josh Klausner |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Sid Bass Anne Hendricks Bass |
| Relatives | Lee Bass (uncle) Ed Bass (uncle) Robert Bass (uncle) Perry Richardson Bass (paternal grandfather) Nancy Lee Bass (paternal grandmother) Sid W. Richardson (paternal great-granduncle) |
Early life and education
editHer father, Sid Bass, is an oil heir and business executive.[2] Her mother, Anne Hendricks Bass, was a philanthropist and art collector.[2] Her parents divorced in 1986.[2] Two polaroid pictures of her taken in 1980, when she was a child, by Andy Warhol were gifted by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to the Princeton University Art Museum and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2008.[3][4]
She graduated from Fort Worth Country Day in 1987. She graduated with an A.B. in English from Princeton University in 1991 after completing an 85-page-long senior thesis titled "Gender Versus Genre: Representations of Women in Five Films [Notorious, Desperately Seeking Susan, Born in Flames, Illusions and Streetwise]."[5][6]
Career
editIn 2000, she was the screenwriter and director of 75 Degrees in July.[7]
She published a novel entitled The Embers in 2009.[8] The novel is about Laura and Joel Ascher, two Manhattanites whose marriage ends in divorce after their son Thomas dies.[2] Fifteen years later, they reunite for their daughter Emily's wedding.[2] In a review for The Book Reporter, Bass was described as "a gifted writer whose storytelling acumen and evocative prose speak to her real potential as a novelist."[9]
Wealth
editIn 2007, Vanity Fair reported that "as of some years ago", Hyatt and her sister Samantha had trust funds of US$280 million each.[1]
Personal life
editShe is married to Josh Klausner, and she has two sons.[8] They live in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, in New York City.[10]
Bibliography
edit- Hyatt Bass. The Embers. New York City: Henry Holt and Co.. 2009. 304 pages.
References
edit- ^ a b Shnayerson, Michael (August 2007). "Something Happened At Anne's!". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Laurie Muchnick, Hyatt Bass, Sid’s Daughter, Pens Dad With Big Ego: Book Review, Bloomberg, July 14, 2009
- ^ "Hyatt Bass (2008-244)". artmuseum.princeton.edu. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ "The Collection - PAFA's Collection". www.pafa.org. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ Bass, Hyatt (1991). "Gender Versus Genre: Representations of Women in Five Films [Notorious, Desperately Seeking Susan, Born in Flames, Illusions and Streetwise]".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Author and Film Producer Hyatt Bass will Speak About Her New Novel ‘The Embers’, American Towns, September 28, 2009
- ^ "Hyatt Bass". IMDb. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ a b Andre Leon Talley, Literary Pursuits Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Vogue, July 7, 2009
- ^ Norah Piehl, The Embers by Hyatt Bass, The Book Reporter, January 21, 2011
- ^ Julie Satow, Palaces-in-the-Making, The New York Times, October 24, 2013