Manley, Frank P.

Frank Manley, poet, playwright, and novelist, was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on November 13, 1930 to Kathryn L. Needham and Aloysius F. Manley. Manley earned a bachelor's degree (1952) and master's degree (1953) from Emory University in Atlanta. After receiving his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1959, Manley taught at Yale University until 1964. He then returned to Atlanta, and became an associate professor of English at Emory in 1964. He was named Charles Howard Candler Professor of Renaissance Literature in 1982, and in 1990, he founded the Creative Writing program. In addition to teaching, Manley was the author several works, including several books of poetry, RESULTANCES (1980), and THE EMPERORS (2001); novels such as THE COCKFIGHTER (1998), and TRUE HOPE (2002); and plays such as TWO MASTERS (1985) and PRIOR ENGAGEMENTS (1987). Frank Manley married Carolyn Holliday in 1952, and had two children, Evelyn and Mary. He died on November 11, 2009.

From the description of Frank Manley papers, 1959-2009. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 706711369