Maude Phelps McVeigh Hutchins (1899–1991) was an American novelist born in New York City

New York City

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. She is considered one of the foremost practitioners of nouveau roman

Nouveau roman

The nouveau roman is a type of 1950s French novel that diverged from classical literary genres. Émile Henriot coined the title in an article in the popular French newspaper Le Monde on May 22, 1957 to describe certain writers who experimented with style in each novel, creating an essentially new...

 in the English language

English language

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. Hutchins is best known today for her sexual coming-of-age novel Victorine which was republished in 2008 by New York Review Books Classics. Other novels include Blood on the Doves and The Unbelievers Downstairs. She was married to University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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 president Robert Maynard Hutchins. They married in 1921 and divorced in 1948. They had three children.