Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Betty MacDonald, William Cumming, Wolfgang Hampel, 'Satire is my favorite animal', new Betty MacDonald biography, request for support of our projects
Betty MacDonald, William Cumming, Wolfgang Hampel, 'Satire is my favorite animal', new Betty MacDonald biography, request for support of our projects
William Cumming, famous artist in the Pacific Northwest School, was born in Montana on March 24, 1917.
In 1940, Betty MacDonald headed the National Youth Administration Division of Information in Seattle.
William Cumming became Betty's assistant.
His regular salary was $25 per month.
William Cumming described Betty MacDonald's personality:
Betty MacDonald's humor wasn't kindly, nor homey, nor friendly. It had the malicious edge of a scalpel, and it could cut. Betty MacDonald saw the flaws of the race as vicious. The fact that these flaws generally ended in hilarious pratfalls didn't make them any less lethal in her eyes" (Sketchbook: A Memoir of the 1930s and the Northwest School)
In 1942 William Cumming entered Firland Sanatorium with tuberculosis. Betty MacDonald, who had served her own time in Firland (The Plague and I), drove him there.
William Cumming was a very good friend of Wolfgang Hampel, Betty MacDonald Memorial Award Winner, author of Betty MacDonald biography and 'Satire is my favorite animal'..
William Cumming's outstanding artwork, letters and documents are included in the Betty MacDonald Fan Club Memorial Collection in Switzerland and Scandinavia.
William Cumming died of congestive heart failure on the morning of November 22, 2010. He was 93 years old.
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Wolfgang Hampel and the Betty MacDonald fan club are working on a new biography of the famous humorist Betty MacDonald, bestselling author of 'The Egg and I'. The biography contains a lot of fascinating information. We kept getting asked about Dorita Hess. This secret is finally revealed in the new Betty MacDonald biography.
The Heidelberg author Wolfgang Hampel, Betty MacDonald fan club and the Vita Magica team support Ukraine and cultural institutions with donations, book sales of 'Satire is my favorite animal' and events. We ask you to support our projects by buying the internationally successful book 'Satire is my favorite animal'! Thanks in advance!
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Wolfgang Hampel on the SWR 3 TV show HERZSCHLAG-MOMENTE on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 9:50 p.m.