![]() Furthermore, Jackson felt estranged from the people of North Bennington, and probably based some of her crueler depictions of village life on her experiences with them. However, Hyman was a controlling husband who had affairs with his students and forced Jackson to act as a conventional wife despite her literary successes. Both husband and wife enjoyed socializing and hosting events, and they had a wide circle of literary friends, which included Ralph Ellison. Hyman worked as a professor at Bennington College, and Jackson spent her time writing. After Hyman and Jackson married, the pair moved to North Bennington, Vermont, where Jackson spent the rest of her life. Hyman was also a lover of literature and would go on to become a successful critic. As a student, Jackson worked for the campus literary magazine, where she met her future husband, Stanley Edgar Hyman. ![]() ![]() After briefly attending the University of Rochester, Jackson ultimately completed her degree in 1940 at Syracuse University. ![]() Shirley Jackson was born in 1916 in San Francisco to middle-class parents who soon moved the family to Rochester, New York. ![]()
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