Johns, Orrick, 1887-1946
Variant namesAuthor and activist Orrick Johns was born in St. Louis, where he worked as a journalist and critic. In 1919 he moved to New York and worked in advertising, and wrote a play; he travelled throughout Europe in 1926-1929. Johns became involved in labor unions and the Communist Party in California, and wrote for the Daily Worker in New York, although he later left the party and supervised the WPA Writer's Project. He published several books of poems, a novel, and a memoir. He committed suicide in 1946.
From the description of Orrick Johns correspondence with Wilbur Macey Stone, 1911. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 64552833
American poet and editor of the literary magazine the "Mirror"; member of the Communist Party.
From the description of Letter and poem to Michael S. O'Donnell, 1913 August 27. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 69368046
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| associatedWith | Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958. | person |
| associatedWith | Ames, William T. | person |
| associatedWith | Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959. | person |
| associatedWith | Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961. | person |
| associatedWith | Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945. | person |
| associatedWith | Federal Writers' Project (N.Y.). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962. | person |
| associatedWith | Glueck, Sheldon, 1896- | person |
| associatedWith | Harrison, Leon, 1866-1928. | person |
| associatedWith | Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940, | person |
| associatedWith | National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | O'Donnell, Michael S., fl. 1892-1915, | person |
| associatedWith | Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972. | person |
| associatedWith | Stone, Wilbur Macey, | person |
| associatedWith | Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933. | person |
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Birth 1887-06-02
Death 1946-07-08
Americans
English
