Hyatt Bass
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Hyatt Bass (born 1969) is an American novelist.
Early life and education
Her father, Sid Bass, is an oil heir and business executive.Laurie Muchnick, [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aLfRyxpjsoO8 Hyatt Bass, Sid’s Daughter, Pens Dad With Big Ego: Book Review], Bloomberg, July 14, 2009 Her mother, Anne Hendricks Bass, was a philanthropist and art collector. Her parents divorced in 1986. 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.{{cite web|url=https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/56156|title=Hyatt Bass (2008-244)|author=|date=|website=artmuseum.princeton.edu|accessdate=18 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pafa.org/collection|title=The Collection - PAFA's Collection|author=|date=|website=www.pafa.org|accessdate=18 January 2019}}
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 [
Career
In 2000, she was the screenwriter and director of 75 Degrees in July.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003875/|title=Hyatt Bass|author=|date=|website=IMDb|accessdate=18 January 2019}}
She published a novel entitled The Embers in 2009.Andre Leon Talley, [http://www.vogue.com/871935/vd-literary-pursuit/ Literary Pursuits] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223617/http://www.vogue.com/871935/vd-literary-pursuit/ |date=2016-03-03 }}, Vogue, July 7, 2009 The novel is about Laura and Joel Ascher, two Manhattanites whose marriage ends in divorce after their son Thomas dies. Fifteen years later, they reunite for their daughter Emily's wedding. 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."Norah Piehl, [http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/the-embers The Embers by Hyatt Bass], The Book Reporter, January 21, 2011
Wealth
In 2007, Vanity Fair reported that "as of some years ago", Hyatt and her sister Samantha had trust funds of US$280 million each.{{cite magazine|last1=Shnayerson|first1=Michael|title=Something Happened At Anne's!|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2007/08/michael-shnayerson-anne-bass-attack-200708|accessdate=10 November 2015|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=August 2007}}
Personal life
She is married to Josh Klausner, and she has two sons. They live in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, in New York City.Julie Satow, [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/realestate/palaces-in-the-making.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Palaces-in-the-Making], The New York Times, October 24, 2013
Bibliography
- Hyatt Bass. The Embers. New York City: Henry Holt and Co.. 2009. 304 pages.
References
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External links
- [http://hyattbass.com/ Official website]
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Category:People from Greenwich Village
Category:Princeton University alumni
Category:American women novelists
Category:American women screenwriters
Category:Philanthropists from New York (state)
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:Novelists from New York (state)