Ernest Poole
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Ernest Cook Poole was an American novelist.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 23, 1880, and graduated from Princeton University
in 1902. He worked as a journalist and was active in promoting social reforms including the ending of child labor
.
He was a correspondent for The Saturday Evening Post
in Europe before and during World War I
.
His novel The Harbor has remained the work for which he is best known. It presents a strong socialist
message, set in the industrial Brooklyn
waterfront. It is considered one of the first fictional works to offer a positive view of unions
.
His portrait of a New York family titled His Family
made him the first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1918.
In 1917, for The New Republic
magazine he went to Russia
to report on the Russian Revolution
.
Ater the war, Poole, Paul Kennaday, and Arthur Livingston
founded an agency, the Foreign Press Service, that negotiated for foreign authors with English-language publishers.
Ernest Poole died in Franconia, New Hampshire
on January 10, 1950.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 23, 1880, and graduated from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in 1902. He worked as a journalist and was active in promoting social reforms including the ending of child labor
Child labor
Child labour refers to the employment of children at regular and sustained labour. This practice is considered exploitative by many international organizations and is illegal in many countries...
.
He was a correspondent for The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:...
in Europe before and during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
.
His novel The Harbor has remained the work for which he is best known. It presents a strong socialist
Socialism
Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...
message, set in the industrial Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
waterfront. It is considered one of the first fictional works to offer a positive view of unions
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
.
His portrait of a New York family titled His Family
His Family
His Family is a novel by Ernest Poole published in 1917 about the life of a New York widower and his three daughters in the 1910s. It received the first Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1918.-Plot introduction:...
made him the first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1918.
In 1917, for The New Republic
The New Republic
The magazine has also published two articles concerning income inequality, largely criticizing conservative economists for their attempts to deny the existence or negative effect increasing income inequality is having on the United States...
magazine he went to Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
to report on the Russian Revolution
Russian Revolution of 1917
The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. The Tsar was deposed and replaced by a provisional government in the first revolution of February 1917...
.
Ater the war, Poole, Paul Kennaday, and Arthur Livingston
Arthur Livingston
Arthur Livingston , was an American professor of Romance languages and literatures, translator, and publisher, who played a significant role in introducing a number of European writers to readers in the United States in the period between World War I and World War II.-Biography:Arthur Livingston...
founded an agency, the Foreign Press Service, that negotiated for foreign authors with English-language publishers.
Ernest Poole died in Franconia, New Hampshire
Franconia, New Hampshire
Franconia is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,104 at the 2010 census. Set in the White Mountains, Franconia is home to the northern half of Franconia Notch State Park. Parts of the White Mountain National Forest are in the eastern and southern portions...
on January 10, 1950.
External links
- Photos of the first edition of His Family
- Works by Ernest Poole at LibriVoxLibriVoxLibriVox is an online digital library of free public domain audiobooks, read by volunteers and is probably, since 2007, the world's most prolific audiobook publisher...
(audiobooks)