Jackson, Lydia O. (Lydia Octavia), 1902-1984
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Jackson, Lydia O. (Lydia Octavia), 1902-1984
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Jackson, Lydia O. (Lydia Octavia), 1902-1984
Svarte, Lydia Octavia, 1902-1984
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Svarte, Lydia Octavia, 1902-1984
Jackson, Lydia O., 1902-1984
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Jackson, Lydia O., 1902-1984
Jackson, Arthur F., Mrs., 1902-1984
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Jackson, Arthur F., Mrs., 1902-1984
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Poet laureate. Grafton, North Dakota.
Author and poet, of Grafton, N.D.; b. Lydia O. Svarte; married Arthur Jackson.
Co-associate Poet Laureate of North Dakota (1975), Co-poet Laureate (1979-1983) and Poet Laureate (1983-1984).
Lydia O. Jackson was born near Grafton, North Dakota, March 5, 1902, one of eight children of Karl Olaf and Inga Schelstad Svarte. After graduation from high school, she taught in a rural school. In 1920 she married Arthur Jackson, a farmer near Grafton. She began to write poetry seriously in the 1930's, recording her poem "Home" in November, 1934. Jackson filled 34 notebooks with 1,183 poems which reflect her thoughts about home and family and the goodness she saw in people and nature. While living quietly as a farm wife in North Dakota, she was a member of numerous poetry organizations and the recipient of many awards. She maintained life-long friendships with other poets across the U.S. through correspondence. She died April 3, 1984.
Co-associate Poet Laureate of North Dakota (1975), Co-poet Laureate (1979-1983) and Poet Laureate (1983-1984)
Author of RHYMES FOR EVERY SEASON (1943), SELECTED POEMS (1961), PARDON MY GAFF (1965), A PEACE GARDEN OF VERSE (1967).
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American poetry
Poets, American
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Grafton (N.D.)
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North Dakota
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North Dakota--Grafton
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North Dakota
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Philippines
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Philippines
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North Dakota
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Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.)
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North Dakota
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Walsh County (N.D.)
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