Louise (Lisa) "Lisaye" Tarlau

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Louise (Lisa) "Lisaye" Tarlau (Bloch)

Also Known As: "Lisaye Bloch", "Lisa"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Most, Most District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
Death: October 09, 1952 (73)
New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rabbi Dr. Joseph Samuel Bloch and Laura Bloch
Wife of Solomon Fingerhut and Jacob Tarlau
Mother of Ellen Struhs; Robert Vincent; Thomas Tarleau; Theodore (Ted) Norman Tarlau and Milton Tarlau
Sister of Margarethe (Grete) Grunwald

Managed by: Wolf-Erich Eckstein
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About Louise (Lisa) "Lisaye" Tarlau

Lisa Ysale Tarleau, also known as Lisa Ysaye, was an early 20th-century author. Her short stories appeared in major magazines of the day, including Harper's Magazine, The Nation (Volume 105, Issue 2725, September 20, 1917) and The Atlantic Monthly (in 1919).

Another work, The Inn of Disenchantment, was a collection of prose and several short stories utilizing the same two character types—"The Lady in Blue" and "The Gentleman in Gray"—who appear in most of them. The stories are structured as a series of romantic discussions. The Inn of Disenchantment was published in 1917 by the Houghton Mifflin Company and Riverside Press.

Several of her works were also included in The Fireside Book of Romance (c. 1948), edited by C. Edward Wagenknecht, a Professor Emeritus who taught English at Boston University from 1947 to 1968. Virginia Woolf's story "The Mark on the Wall" was also included in the anthology.

In 1925, her short story "Loutre" received a prize for 2nd place from Harper's Magazine'.

She also wrote a number of scripts for radio and film and worked as a translator for the US military during World War II. She died on October 9, 1952 in Kew Gardens, Queens, Long Island, New York.


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<div class="FL_Label LastFact">including Harper's Magazine, The Nation (Volume 105, Issue 2725, September 20, 1917) and The Atlantic Monthly (in 1919).</p>s a collection of prose and several short stories utilizing the same two character types—"The Lady in Blue" and "The Gentleman in Gray"—who appear in most of them. The stories are structured as a series of romantic discussions. The Inn of Disenchantment was published in 1917 by the Houghton Mifflin Company and Riverside Press.</p>e also included in The Fireside Book of Romance (c. 1948), edited by C. Edward Wagenknecht, a Professor Emeritus who taught English at Boston University from 1947 to 1968. Virginia Woolf's story "The Mark on the Wall" was also included in the anthology.</p>p;lt;p>She also wrote a number of scripts for radio and film and worked as a translator for the US military during World War II. She died on October 9, 1952 in Kew Gardens, Queens, Long Island,New York.</p>

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Louise (Lisa) "Lisaye" Tarlau's Timeline

1879
February 9, 1879
Most, Most District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
1896
1896
1898
1898
Berlin, Germany
1905
1905
1907
July 1, 1907
Paris, France
1908
1908
Age 28
1910
March 11, 1910
New York, NY, United States
1920
1920
Age 40
New York, New York, USA
1952
October 9, 1952
Age 73
New York, United States