Kay Boyle
Non-Fiction Author

Kay Boyle Net Worth

Kay Boyle was an American author and poet born on February 19, 1902 in Minnesota. She is renowned for her novels such as Death of a Man (1936) and The Seagull on the Step (1955), as well as her poetry collections A Glad Day (1938) and The Lost Dogs of Phnom Pehn (1968).
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Birth Day February 19, 1902
Birth Place Minnesota
Age 118 YEARS OLD
Died On Dec 27, 1992 (age 90)
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💰 Net worth: $40 million (2024)

About

An American fiction and non-fiction author and poet, she is best known for novels such as Death of a Man (1936) and The Seagull on the Step (1955). Her poetry collections include A Glad Day (1938) and The Lost Dogs of Phnom Pehn (1968).

Before Fame

She attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and the Ohio Mechanics Institute, where she studied violin and architecture, respectively. In 1922, she moved to New York City and began a career in journalism.

Trivia

She was blacklisted during the 1950s as a result of the political climate of McCarthyism. During this period, she increasingly engaged herself in political activism.

Family Life

She was the daughter of attorney Howard Peterson Boyle and Activist Katherine Evans. She married five times and had six children.

Associated With

Her short story collections, The White Horses of Vienna (1935) and Defeat (1941), both received O. Henry Awards.

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