Lee Wilson Dodd (July 11, 1879 - May 16, 1933) was a playwright, poet, and novelist. Several of his plays were made into films. He also wrote short stories and poems [1] as well as reviews, and he was also a professor.
Dodd was born in Franklin, Pennsylvania. [2] He began his career as a lawyer.
Yale University has a collection of his papers. [3]
Several of his works were published in Harper's Magazine . [4] He had a poem published in Poetry, A Magazine of Verse. [5] In 1919, Dodd's novel The Book of Susan was serialized in the Saturday Evening Post. [6]
Dodd rented a camp at the Pocono Lake Preserve for many years, along with Henry Seidel Canby, before becoming one of the founders of the Yelping Hill Association. [6]
He corresponded with Albert Johannsen.
Dodd is quoted as having written: "Much that I sought, I could not find; much that I found, I could not bind; much that I bound, I could not free; much that I freed, returned to me."