Vivian Virtue papers, 1932-2000.

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Vivian Virtue papers, 1932-2000.

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The collection includes correspondence (1932-1992), original works, publications, translations, broadcasts, newspaper clippings, research, and photographs. Prominent correspondents include Harlem Renaissance poets Claude McKay and Langston Hughes, Arthur Guiterman (playwright, poet), Edna Manley (sculptor), John Hearne (composer), Michael Anthony (novelist), Virtue's family, and many others. Original works include verse written in the more traditional forms described as "Parnassian," such as the sonnet, the villanelle, and the rondeau. The bulk of the original poems series consists of each poem in various stages of completion with both holograph and fair copies of each poem. Translations include works in the French and Spanish by José-Maria de Heredia, Charles Baudelaire, Luc Grimard, Jose Santos Chocano, and others. Many of the translations contain both holograph and final drafts of each poem. Broadcasts for the BBC consist of scripts on Marcus Garvey, William Wordsworth, the history of the British West Indies, and commentary on Virtue's own poetic process. Also included in the collection are address books, diaries only partially filled in, and biographical sketches and reviews on Virtue's volume of poetry, Wings of the morning.

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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

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Poet, author, playwright, songwriter. From the guide to the Langston Hughes collection, [microform], 1926-1967, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.) From the description of Langston Hughes collection, 1926-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652168 Langson Hughes: African-American poet and writer, author of Weary Blue (1926), The Big Sea (1940), and other works. ...

Anthony, Michael, 1930-....

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Micheal Anthony, novelist and historian, was born in Mayaro, Trinidad and Tobago in 1930. He worked in a foundry at the Pointe-a-Pierre oil refinery and later migrated to England in 1954. While in England, he wrote and published his first novel "The Games Were Coming" and also had his first short story broadcasted on BBC's Caribbean Voices. In 1968 Anthony went to Brazil where he spent two yeas before returning toTrinidad and Tobago. From the description of Michael Anthony papers 197...

Poetry League of Jamaica.

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Hearne, John, 1937-

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Guiterman, Arthur, 1871-1943

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Humorist. From the description of Arthur Guiterman papers, 1928-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981237 American poet, newspaperman, and editor; born in Austria; writer of light verse. From the description of Papers of Arthur Guiterman [manuscript], 1925-1939. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647878975 Guiterman was an American writer primarily known for his poetry. From the description of [Letter] 1942 Mar. 14, The Housebo...

Virtue, Vivian, 1911-1998

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Vivian Lancaster Virtue was a poet, translator, and broadcaster. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica on 13 November 1911, and died in London, England, in 1998. Upon completing his education, he became employed as a clerk in the Department of Public Works. He was the assistant secretary and librarian of the Poetry League of Jamaica and was later elected vice-president. Virtue was also a founder member and later vice-president of the Jamaican Center of the International PEN Club and a member of the R...

McKay, Claude, 1890-1948

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Author, poet. Born in Jamaica. From the description of Claude McKay letters and manuscripts 1915-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122682552 From the guide to the Claude McKay letters and manuscripts, 1915-1952, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.) Claude McKay (1890-1948), novelist and poet. From the description of Claude McKay collection, 1853-1990 (bulk 1922-19...

Manley, Edna

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Heredia, José-Maria de, 1842-1905

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x000036 José-Maria de Heredia was born in Cuba and educated at the Sorbonne. His single published volume of poetry, Les Trophées, was universally praised. Despite recognition as a poet's poet, his sonnets were so immaculate that they were nearly impossible to duplicate, and thus his influence on other poets has been negligible. From the descrip...

PEN (Organization)

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P.E.N. is a rough acronym for poets, playwrights, essayists, editors and novelists. The first International Congress was held in London in 1923. From the description of Records [manuscript]. 1977. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225843867 Jules Romains was president of the international PEN Club from 1936 to 1941. After emigrating to the U.S. in 1941, he founded in New York City the European PEN Club in America, an organization of émigré authors from Nazi-occupi...