Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944

Chicago poet, novelist, journalist, children's author, lecturer, and editor.

Born Eunice Strong Hammond in Chicago in 1884, Tietjens was a World War I correspondent for the Chicago Daily News in France, 1917-1918, and for over twenty-five years she was on the staff of Harriet Monroe's Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. Although Tietjens wrote poetry, a novel, and memoirs, her reputation rests mainly on her influence as a friend, critic, and editor of such early twnetieth century writers as Edgar Lee Masters and Sara Teasdale.

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