Johnson, Ronald, 1935-1998

Ronald Johnson was born in Ashland, Kansas on November 25, 1935 to A.T. Johnson and Helen Mayse (1910-1993). When he was a child, his family moved to Topeka, Kansas. He spent some time at the University of Kansas before performing two years of national service in the Army, in Georgia, Arizona, and California. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1960 at Columbia College.

In 1964, Johnson published his first collection of poetry, A Line of Poetry, A Row of Tree, with Jargon Press. He would go on to publish numerous poetry collections, including two with W.W. Norton & Company, Incorporated.

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