Eugene Walter
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Brief Biography
Eugene Walter was a native of Mobile, Alabama. During World War II, he worked as a cryptographer for the United States Army Airways Communications Systems. He then moved to New York, where he worked in a rare book store and at the New York Public Library in addition to working on set designs. Walter later moved to Paris and Rome, publishing novels, short stories, poems, articles, essays, and even cookbooks while also editing various magazines and literary journals. In 1979, Walter returned to Mobile and continued writing until his passing in 1998. He was posthumously inducted into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame in 2023.
Publications
Jennie the Watercress Girl. Rome; Willoughby Institute, 1947.
Mobile Mardis Gras Annual, 1948. Alabama; Haunted Book Shop, 1948.
Monkey Poems. New York; Noonday, 1954.
The Untidy Pilgrim. Philadelphia; Lipppincott, 1954.
Singerie-Songerie. Rome; Willoughby Institute, 1958.
Love You Good, See You Later. New York; Scribner, 1964.
American Cooking; Southern Style. Virginia; Time Life Books, 1971.
The Likes of Which. Washington, D.C.; Decatur House Press, 1980.
Byzantine Riddle and Other Stories. London; Methuen, 1985.
The Pokeweed Alphabet; or, a Child Garden of Vices. Alabama; Willoughby Institute, 1981.
The Pack Rat and Other Antics, 1937-1987. Alabama; Willoughby Institute, 1987.
Delectable Dishes from Termite Hall; Rare and Unusual Recipes. New York; Doubleday, 1988.
Hints and Pinches; a Concise Compendium of Herbs, Spices, and Aromatics, with Illustrative Recipes and Asides on Relishes, Chutneys, and Other Such Concerns. Atlanta; Longstreet Press, 1991.
Lizard Fever; Poems lyric, satiric, sardonic, elegaic. Alabama; Livingston University Press, 1994.
Joint Publications:
Shapes of the River. London; Gaberbocchus Press, 1955.
Mobile Mardis Gras Annual, 1948. Alabama; Haunted Book Shop, 1948.
Monkey Poems. New York; Noonday, 1954.
The Untidy Pilgrim. Philadelphia; Lipppincott, 1954.
Singerie-Songerie. Rome; Willoughby Institute, 1958.
Love You Good, See You Later. New York; Scribner, 1964.
American Cooking; Southern Style. Virginia; Time Life Books, 1971.
The Likes of Which. Washington, D.C.; Decatur House Press, 1980.
Byzantine Riddle and Other Stories. London; Methuen, 1985.
The Pokeweed Alphabet; or, a Child Garden of Vices. Alabama; Willoughby Institute, 1981.
The Pack Rat and Other Antics, 1937-1987. Alabama; Willoughby Institute, 1987.
Delectable Dishes from Termite Hall; Rare and Unusual Recipes. New York; Doubleday, 1988.
Hints and Pinches; a Concise Compendium of Herbs, Spices, and Aromatics, with Illustrative Recipes and Asides on Relishes, Chutneys, and Other Such Concerns. Atlanta; Longstreet Press, 1991.
Lizard Fever; Poems lyric, satiric, sardonic, elegaic. Alabama; Livingston University Press, 1994.
Joint Publications:
Shapes of the River. London; Gaberbocchus Press, 1955.
Themes
Eugene Walter wrote articles, short stories, cookbooks, essays, novels, and poems. He often used Alabama as a setting, and he frequently included quirky illustrations with his poems, essays, and articles.
Publisher
Alabama Authors of the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org
Collection
Citation
Walter, Eugene, “Eugene Walter,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed September 19, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/668.