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Olive Higgins Prouty (10 January 1882 – 24 March 1974) was an American novelist and poet, best known for her 1922 novel ''Stella Dallas'' and her pioneering consideration of psychotherapy in her 1941 novel ''Now, Voyager''. Olive Higgins, who was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, was a 1904 graduate of Smith College and married Louis Prouty in 1907, at which time the couple moved to Brookline, Massachusetts in 1908. In 1894 Prouty was reported to have suffered from a nervous breakdown that lasted nearly two years according to the Clark University Archives and Special Collections.〔Clark University Archives and Special Collections〕 After the death of her daughter Olivia in 1923 Prouty suffered from another nervous breakdown in 1925. Her poetry collection was published posthumously by Friends of the Goddard Library, Clark University, Worcester, MA as (''Between the Barnacles and Bayberries: and Other Poems'' ) in 1997 after it was released for publication by her children Richard and Jane.〔Worcester Area Writers Olive Higgins Prouty〕 Prouty is also known for her philanthropic works, and for her resulting association with the writer Sylvia Plath, whom she encountered as a result of endowing a Smith College scholarship for "promising young writers". She supported Plath financially in the wake of Plath's unsuccessful 1953 suicide attempt. Some have held the view that Plath employed her memories of Prouty as the basis of the character of "Philomena Guinea" in her 1963 novel, ''The Bell Jar''. In 1961, Prouty wrote her memoirs but, as her public profile had diminished, could not find a publisher; she had them printed at her own expense.〔http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Archives/WAuthors/prouty/bio.html〕〔http://uudb.org/articles/olivehigginsprouty.html〕 Guidestar.Org lists an Olive Higgins Prouty Foundation, Inc. ''Stella Dallas'' was adapted into a stage play in 1924, movies in 1925 and most notably 1937 as a melodrama of the same title that starred Barbara Stanwyck and was nominated for two Academy Awards, and a radio serial which was broadcast daily for 18 years, despite Prouty's legal efforts (since she had not authorized the sale of the broadcast rights, and was displeased with her characters' portrayals). ''Now, Voyager'' was made into a film of the same name in 1942,〔Now, Voyager Film, IMDb Olive Higgins Prouty〕 directed by Irving Rapper and starring Bette Davis, and a radio drama,〔Lux Radio Theater at OTR.Network Library (BETA)〕 starring Ida Lupino and produced by Cecil B. de Mille on the Lux Radio Theater. ==Family== Olive married Lewis Prouty in 1907; they had four children, two of whom predeceased their mother. Her children included Olivia, Richard and Jane. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Olive Higgins Prouty」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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