David Morton (poet)

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David Morton
Born(1886-02-21)February 21, 1886
Elkton, Kentucky
DiedJune 13, 1957(1957-06-13) (aged 71)
OccupationJournalist, teacher, poet
Alma mater Vanderbilt University
GenrePoetry
Notable awards
College football career
Vanderbilt
PositionFullback

David H. Morton (February 21, 1886 – June 13, 1957) was an American poet. [1]

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Born in Elkton, Kentucky, he graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1909. [2] [3] Morton played on the varsity football team. After a decade of newspaper work, starting at the Louisville Courier-Journal, he became a teacher in the high school at Morristown, New Jersey. [4] Beginning in 1924, he taught at Amherst College. [3]

His work appeared in Harper's Magazine. [5] He is noted for having written a fan letter to Dashiell Hammett. [6]

Awards

Works

Poetry

Nocturnes and Autumnals 1928 publisher Knickerbocker Press

Criticism

Editor

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References

  1. Louis Untermeyer (1921). Modern American Poetry. Harcourt, Brace. pp.  346–.
  2. Vanderbilt University (1915). Vanderbilt University Quarterly. Vanderbilt University. pp.  53–.
  3. 1 2 Robert Francis (1971). The trouble with Francis . Univ of Massachusetts Press. p.  14. ISBN   978-0-87023-083-7. David Morton poet.
  4. "WebCite query result". www.webcitation.org. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved April 10, 2016.{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  5. "David Morton | Harper's Magazine" . Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  6. Hammett, Dashiell (April 1, 2002). Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett, 1921-1960. Counterpoint. ISBN   9781582432106.
  7. Shaw, Albert (January 1, 1920). The American Review of Reviews. Review of Reviews.

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