2 Quotes & Sayings By Edmund Beecher Wilson
Edmund Wilson was born in New York City on March 20, 1878. He graduated from Columbia University in 1898 and Harvard University in 1901, where he received an MA degree. His first published stories were written at age fourteen. Wilson began his writing career as a journalist for McClure's Magazine, which was published by S
S. McClure & Co., the publishers of the magazine that had inspired his early interest in writing. He later became editor of McClure's' sister publication, Forum, published by the same company.
When the magazine folded, he moved to Europe to pursue his interests in Paris, Rome, and other European capitals. His first book was The Idler magazine (1907). Wilson also wrote novels and short stories that were grouped into collections under titles such as "The Book of Imprudence" (Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1917), "The Daring Young Man" (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1918), "Tradition" (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1919), "A Prince of Bohemia" (Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1920), "The Bottomless Cup" (Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1921), "The Town" (Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1922), "The Thirties" (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1923), and "William and Mary and Other Stories" (Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1924).