Olson, Elder, 1909-1992
Variant namesElder Olson was born in 1909 in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at the University of Chicago, where he received his B.A. (1934), M.A. (1935), and Ph.D. (1938).
Olson became a visiting Assistant Professor of English at the University of Chicago in 1942, Professor in 1955, and Distinguished Service Professor in 1973.
Olson published many volumes of poetry and literary criticism. Things of Sorrow, Poems (1934), was published while he was an undergraduate at the University of Chicago. Among his other books of poetry are: The Cock of Heaven (1940), The Scarecrow Christ, and Other Poems (1954), and Olson's Penny Arcade: Poems (1975). Olson's literary criticism includes: The Poetry of Dylan Thomas (1954), Tragedy and the Theory of Drama (1961), and On Value Judgments in the Arts and Other Essays (1976).
Elder Olson died on July 25, 1992 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
From the guide to the Olson, Elder. Papers, 1939-1974, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.)
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| referencedIn | Harmon, William, 1938-. William Harmon papers, 1939-2000 (correspondents O-R). | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| creatorOf | Olson, Elder, 1909-1992. Papers, 1939-1977. | University of Chicago Library | |
| creatorOf | Olson, Elder. Papers, 1939-1974 | Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, | |
| creatorOf | Bowers, Fredson. Papers of Fredson Thayer Bowers, 1595-1992 (bulk 1922-1992). | University of Virginia. Library |
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Birth 1909-03-09
Death 1992-07-25
