Wescott, Glenway (1901–1987)

US writer. Independently wealthy, he began his writing career as a poet, going on to publish several short stories and novels, notably The Grandmothers (1926). On returning from Europe to the USA, he settled near Hampton, New Jersey, and published the novel, The Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story (1940), which was praised by the critics. This was followed by Apartment in Athens (1945), which proved to be a popular success. From then on he ceased to write fiction, although he published his essays and edited the works of others.

Wescott was born in Kewaskum, Wisconsin. He studied at the University of Chicago (1917–19). He lived in Germany (1921–22), and in France (c 1925–33), where he mixed with Gertrude Stein and the US expatriate community; Robert Prentiss, a character in Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, is based on him.