Claire Nicolas White (June 18, 1925 – May 26, 2020) was an American poet, novelist and translator of Dutch literature. She was a niece of Aldous Huxley and the granddaughter-in-law of architect Stanford White.Aaron W. Godfrey, Review of Fragments of Stained Glass , New Oxford Review, September 1990
Life White was born in Groet, Netherlands, the daughter of Joep Nicolas, a Dutch stained-glass artist who emigrated to America just before World War II. She grew up in the European exile community in New York City. Her husband, the sculptor Robert White, was a grandson of Stanford White.
White's literary papers are held by Stony Brook University.Claire Nicolas White Collection
Works
Translations (tr. with Louise Varèse) The Time of Our Lives (Journal d'une petite fille) by Martine Rouchaud, 1946. The Assault by Harry Mulisch, 1985. Translated from the Dutch. A Night in May (La Nuit de mai) by Alfred de Musset, 1989. Translated from the French. A Letter of Time by , 1989. Translated from the Dutch (5 of the 7 poems). The Vanishing by Tim Krabbé, 1993. Translated from the Dutch. My Father's War: A Novel by Adriaan van Dis, 1996. Translated from the Dutch.
Other Joep Nicolas: leven en werk, 1979 The Bridge, 1987 River Boy, 1988 (ed.) Stanford White: Letters to His Family : including a selection of letters to Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1997
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