Peter De Vries
Peter De Vries (1910–1993) was born in Chicago to Dutch immigrant parents. His father wanted him to join the clergy, but after attending Calvin College and Northwestern University, De Vries found work as a vending-machine operator, a toffee-apple salesman, a radio actor, and an editor atPoetrymagazine. His friend and mentor James Thurber brought him to the attention of theNew Yorker, and in 1944 De Vries moved to New York to become a regular staff contributor to the magazine, where he worked...
