Cunningham, J. V. (James Vincent), 1911-1985

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Birth 1911-08-23
Death 1985-03-30

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American modernist poet.

From the description of Envoi : signed typescript, [19--] / jvc. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18347466

James Vincent Cunningham was born in Maryland in 1911, and was educated at Stanford University, where he received his Ph.D. in 1945. He has taught at Stanford, the University of Hawaii, and the University of Virginia. He was Assistant Professor of English at the University of Chicago from 1946 until 1952 and a Professor at Brandeis University from 1953 until his 1980 retirement.

Cunningham published several volumes of poetry and a volume of collected essays. He died in Massachusetts in 1985.

From the guide to the Cunningham, James Vincent. Papers, 1921-1947, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.)

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