Blake, Howard, 1914-1960

Blake, a Boston-based poet, numbered among his friends John Brooks Wheelwright, Winfield T. Scott (Brown is the repository for the papers of both), and Austin Warren. For details on Blake's life and information on the scope and provenance of the collection, see: Kent, Robert: The Island Self Poems by Howard Blake (Boston, 1973).

From the description of Papers, [ca. 1930-1950]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122598543

Howard Milton Blake was born in 1914 and died in 1960. In 1936 Prolegomena To Any Future Poetry was published. Subsequently he published erratically in poetry journals and occasionally wrote literary reviews for several Boston papers.

For further particulars of Blake's life and career, please see Robert Kent's introduction in his book of Blake's poetry The Island Self.

From the guide to the Howard Milton Blake papers, Blake (Howard Milton) papers, 1930-1950, 1930-1950, (Brown University Library Special Collections)