Harriet Monroe
Harriet Monroe (born December 23, 1860 in Chicago , † September 26, 1936 in Arequipa , Peru ) was an American poet and literary critic .
Life
Harriet Monroe initially worked as a poet herself and as such wrote the "Columbian Ode" in 1892, a poem for the World's Columbian Exposition on the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus .
In 1912 she was the founder and editor of the literary magazine Poetry , which became influential in the following years with the publication of works by TS Eliot , Robert Frost , Vachel Lindsay , Ezra Pound and Wallace Stevens . In 1917 she was the editor of an influential anthology on free verse entitled "The New Poetry".
In addition to a collection of her own poems under the title "Chosen Poems" (1935), her autobiography "A Poet's Life" was published posthumously in 1937 .
literature
- Chambers Biographical Dictionary , Edinburgh 2002, p. 1068, ISBN 0-550-10051-2
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Monroe, Harriet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American poet and literary critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 1936 |
| Place of death | Arequipa , Peru |