Letter 1918 June 20, Staten Island N.Y. [to] Salamon de la Selva, [New York City] / Secretary? [Edwin Markham]. 1918.

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Letter 1918 June 20, Staten Island N.Y. [to] Salamon de la Selva, [New York City] / Secretary? [Edwin Markham]. 1918.

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Someone is writing this letter for Markham. Possibly a secretary. It thanks Salamon for his letter to Markham and for the Pan American Dinner in his honor. Markham's publisher ask him to get his volume ready. So Mrs M is getting clippings and other info together for a pamphlet on the life and writing of a poet. Mrs M included quotes from Salamon and Dar'io Rub'en. The secretary requests a type written opinion from Salamon and they hope to send Markham's message to the Latin American Poets soon. Letter is unsigned.

1 p. 1 leaf ; 26 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

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California poet. Raised near Vacaville, became a schoolteacher in Coloma and later in Oakland. Became famous overnight with publication of "The Man with a Hoe," his protest against brutalization of labor, in "San Francisco Examiner" (January 15, 1899). Following this success Markham moved to New York where he scored another triumph with "Lincoln and Other Poems" (1901). He became a well-known reader of his own poems and lecturer of idealistic views, but his creative output for remainder of life ...

Selva, Salamon de la, 1893-1959,

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Darío, Rubén, 1867-1916

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Nicaraguan diplomat, journalist, and poet Rubén Darío is widely regarded as the father of Spanish-American modernism. He was heavily influenced by Victor Hugo and the French Parnassians and Symbolists, chiefly Paul Verlaine. From the description of Rubén Darío compositions, 1879-1914. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 659786911 Nicaraguan diplomat, journalist, and poet Rubén Darío is widely regarded as the father of Spanish-American modernism. Heavily influenced ...