![]() William Miller draws extensively on the work in his 1982 biography of Day (Note 1) , and Robert Coles, in his introduction to The Long Loneliness, Dorothy’s autobiography, describes her as “a woman who had been, in her twenties, a well-known journalist and essayist, a novelist, a close friend of writers such as Eugene O’Neill, Mike Gold, John Dos Passos, and Malcolm Cowley.”(Note 2) But to list “novelist” as one of Dorothy Day’s many achievements brings with it a vague sense that one is somehow stretching the truth. That Dorothy Day published a novel, The Eleventh Virgin, is well known among scholars and her admirers, even though the book has been out of print since its original publication in 1924. She would also be the first American novelist to be declared a saint. If Dorothy Day’s cause for sainthood proves successful, she will become only the third native-born American to be beatified by the Catholic Church, joining St. On March 16, 2000, Cardinal O’Connor announced the Vatican’s approval. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() On February 7, 2000, Cardinal John O’Connor submitted a letter to the Holy See, asking permission to open the Cause for the Beatification and Canonization of Dorothy Day. ![]()
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