Papers, 1954-2002.

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Papers, 1954-2002.

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Consists primarily of the correspondence, individual issue make-ups and proofs of Poetry (formerly called Poetry: A Magazine of Verse) published in Chicago, Illinois. The correspondence comprises the letters sent to Poetry and replies thereto by Henry Rago and by others who have been members of the editorial staff or the official Board: Wallace Fowlie, Donald Gallup, Hugh Kenner, J. Patrick Lannan, Helen Lothrop, Karl Jay Shapiro, Julie McLauchlin, Donald H. Merwin, Robert Mueller, John Frederick Nims, Ann Peyton, Maryanne Schaefer, Joseph Wiley, and Elizabeth (Van Valkenberg) Wright. Occasionally poems sent in by a writer have been retained in the correspondence. The Business and Financial series includes "Rate Books" wherein the amounts paid to the authors for their works are noted. The Writings series consists of the manuscripts of poems, galleys, page proofs, and author proofs of the monthly issues of Poetry for the years 1962-2002. Included is the printer's manuscript of the poems of seventeen poets, whose works appeared in the fiftieth anniversary issue of October-November, 1962: Conrad Aiken, John Berryman, Louise Bogan, John Ciardi, James Vincent Cunningham, Robert Graves, Randall Jarrell, Stanley Kunitz, Hugh MacDiarmid, William Charles Franklyn Plomer, Kathleen Raine, Henry Rago, Muriel Rukeyser, Karl Jay Shapiro, Stephen Spender, Vernon Watkins, and William Carlos Williams. Printed materials consist of a scrapbook of poetry clippings assembled by Daniel B. Rumpf of Topeka, Kansas.

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Rago, Henry, 1915-1969

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Poet and editor, Henry Anthony Rago was born on October 5, 1915, in Chicago, IL and in 1937 he graduated from DePaul University with a bachelors of law degree; two years later earned a degree in literature from the same school. During World War II, Rago served in the U.S. Army, becoming a first lieutenant and receiving a Bronze Star for his duties. Following the war, he returned to academia where, in 1941 he obtained his Ph.D. from Notre Dame University, graduating magna cum laude. ...

Modern Poetry Association

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Poetry (formerly called Poetry: A Magazine of Verse) is published in Chicago, Illinois. The official owner and publisher of the magazine is the Modern Poetry Association. Editors of the magazine include poet Karl Jay Shapiro (1913-2000) in 1954-1955; poet Henry Rago (1915-1969) from October 1955 until Fall 1968; Canadian poet Daryl Hine from 1968-1977. Poet and translator John Frederick Nims (1913-1999) served as editor immediately following Hine through 1983 and Joseph Parisi, succeeding Nims i...

Shapiro, Karl Jay, 1913-2000

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Poet, editor, and educator. From the description of Karl Jay Shapiro papers, 1947-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979818 Pulitzer-Prize-winning American poet and author of more than forty volumes of poetry and criticism. From the description of Papers. 1941-1967. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 34091314 Karl Jay Shapiro was an American poet. He served in the Second World War in the South Pacific and New Guinea. A volume of ...

Hine, Daryl 1936-

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Parisi, Joseph, 1944-

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Nims, John Frederick, 1913-1999

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American poet, editor, and translator. From the description of John Frederick Nims collection of miscellaneous writings and reviews, 1936-1998. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 776694600 ...