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Ezra Pound
Pound was born in Idaho in 1885. While studying languages at the University of
Pennsylvania, he became friends with William Carlos Williams. In 1914, he married Dorothy Shakespear. During WWII,
he lived in Italy and was later arrested on charges of treason. "Portrait d'une Femme" (1912) and "A Pact" (1913) were
two of his more famous works. In 1972, he died.
Robert Frost
Frost was born in San Francisco, California in 1874. He graduated from high school
in 1892. In 1895, he married Elinor White. They had six children together. "The Road Not Taken" was published
in 1916. Also, "Fire and Ice" was published in 1923. He wrote and traveled between both American and England.
Robert Frost died on January 29th, 1963.
T.S Eliot
As the youngest of seven children, Thomas Stearns Eliot was born on September 26th,
1888 in St. Louis, Missouri. He recieved his B.A. from Harvard University. In 1914, he left the United States.
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" was published in 1917. He
recieved the Nobel Prize in 1948. In 1965, Eliot died in London.
Sherwood Anderson
Anderson was born
in 1876 in Camden, Ohio. His first two novels were Windy McPherson's Son (1916) and Marching Men (1917).
Winesburg, Ohio was published in 1919. In 1921, he recieved the first Dial Award for his contributions
to American literature. During the Great Depression, Anderson studied the labor conditions. On March 8th, 1941,
Anderson died from peritonitis at Cristobel, Canal Zone.
Langston Hughes
Hughes was born in 1902 in Missouri. He
was selected Class Poet in the 8th grade. His first, and possibly most famous, poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" was
published in 1921. Hughes was a part of the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote sixteen books of poems, two novels, three
collections of short stories, four volumes of "editorial" and "documentary" fiction, twenty plays, children's poetry, musicals
and operas, three autobiographies, a dozen radio and television scripts and dozens of magazine articles. Langston Hughes
died of cancer on May 22, 1967.
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