Nathaniel Lamar

NATHANIEL LAMAR, who was born in Atlanta. Georgia, twenty-two years ago, prepared for Harvard at Phillips Exeter. He majored in English and found particular stimulus for his writing in the courses which he took under Archibald MacLeish. Mr. La Mar’s first story in the Atlantic, “Creole Love Song, won the Dana Reed Award at Harvard and was reprinted in The Best American Stories, 1956. Last autumn he began to work on his first novel; and to assist in its completion, we have awarded him an Atlantic Grant in Fiction.

NATHANIEL LAMAR, who was horn in Atlanta, Georgia, twenty-two years ago, prepared for Harvard at Phillips Exeter. He majored in English and found particular stimulus for his writing in the courses which he took under Archibald AlacLeish. Mr. LaMar's first story in the Atlantic, “Creole Love Song,“ won the Dana Reed Award at Harvard and was reprinted in The Best American Stories, 1956. Last autumn he began to work on his first novel; and to assist in its completion, we have awarded him an Atlantic Grant in Fiction,

NATHANIEL LAMAR, who was born in Atlanta, Georgia, twenty-one years ago, has always loved the Deep South and especially New Orleans. He prepared for Harvard at Phillips Exeter. He majored in English, and found particular stimulus for his writing in the courses which he took under Archibald MacLeish. He looks forward to a year of graduate study in England and after that hopes to teach in Africa.