Josephine Pinckney
Pinckney, one of the founders of the Poetry Society of South Carolina, was born in 1895. She was educated at Ashley Hall School, the College of Charleston, Radcliffe College, and Columbia University. Her first book, Sea-Drinking Cities (1927) was a collection of poems that won the Caroline Sinkler Prize as the best book of verse published that year by a Southerner.
Her first published novel was Hilton Head (1941), a historical novel, followed by Three O'Clock Dinner (1945), a skillful narration of life in contemporary Charleston. It became her first best seller and a selection of the Literary Guild. Her other novels include Great Mischief (1948), My Son and Foe (1952) and Splendid in Ashes, her last book, published in 1958, the year after her death. She was also an essayist for numerous journals and magazines, including the Yale Review, Saturday Review, and North American Review.
Her first published novel was Hilton Head (1941), a historical novel, followed by Three O'Clock Dinner (1945), a skillful narration of life in contemporary Charleston. It became her first best seller and a selection of the Literary Guild. Her other novels include Great Mischief (1948), My Son and Foe (1952) and Splendid in Ashes, her last book, published in 1958, the year after her death. She was also an essayist for numerous journals and magazines, including the Yale Review, Saturday Review, and North American Review.
