John Hall Wheelock
Encyclopedia
John Hall Wheelock was an American poet. He was a descendant of Eleazar Wheelock
, founder of Dartmouth College
.
He wrote fourteen books of poetry and was co-winner of the 1962 Bollingen Prize
. As an editor, he is noted for discovering young poets like May Swenson
and James Dickey
.
Eleazar Wheelock
Eleazar Wheelock was an American Congregational minister, orator, educator, and founder of Dartmouth College....
, founder of Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
.
He wrote fourteen books of poetry and was co-winner of the 1962 Bollingen Prize
Bollingen Prize
The Bollingen Prize for Poetry, which is currently awarded every two years by Beinecke Library of Yale University, is a literary honor bestowed on an American poet in recognition of the best book of new verse within the last two years, or for lifetime achievement.-Inception and controversy:The...
. As an editor, he is noted for discovering young poets like May Swenson
May Swenson
Anna Thilda May "May" Swenson was an American poet and playwright...
and James Dickey
James Dickey
James Lafayette Dickey was an American poet and novelist. He was appointed the eighteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1966.-Early years:...
.
Works
- The Bright Doom, Scribner, 1927
- Collected Poems, 1911-1936, Scribner, 1936
- Poems Old and New, Scribner, 1956
- The Gardner and Other Poems, Scribner, 1961
- Dear Men and Women: New Poems, Scribner, 1966
- By Daylight and in Dream: New and Collected Poems, 1904-1970, Scribner, 1970
- In Love and Song: Poems, Scribner, 1971.
External links
- "Sunday Evening in the Common" by John Hall Wheelock
- A Bibliography of Theodore Roosevelt by John Hall Wheelock