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Robert Nichols (15 July 1919 – October 14, 2010) was an American poet, playwright, novelist, and architect. ^[1]

Biography

Born Robert Brayton Nichols in Worcester, Massachusetts ^[1] 15 July 1919, Nichols served as an officer in the United States Navy in World War II, and attended and earned two degrees from Harvard University, the first a bachelors and the second in landscape architecture. ^[1] His work in landscape architecture includes a redesign of Washington Square Park. ^[1] Nichols' poetry includes the volumes Red Shift (1977), ^[2] and Slow Newsreel of Man Riding Train (1962, number 15 in the City Lights Pocket Poets Series).^{[ citation needed]} He also wrote the short story collection, In the Air (1991),^{[ citation needed]} and novels, including From the Steam Room (1993),^{[ citation needed]} and a four-part series of novellas set in the utopia Nghsi-Altai. ^[2] Nichols was a co-founder of the Judson Poets Theatre,^{[ citation needed]} and participated in the Theater for the New City and the Bread and Puppet Theater.^{[ citation needed]}

Nichols' first marriage was to the Village Voice editor, Mary Perot Nichols, which ended in divorce in 1969. ^{[1] [3]} Nichols married author Grace Paley in 1972, and they remained married until her death in 2007. ^[4]

References

Further reading

• Amateau, Albert (October 21, 2010). "Robert Nichols, 91, led Wash. Sq. '69 renovation". The Villager. 80 (21). Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
• "The 'designer' playground continued..."