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American author (1881–1968)

Harold Witter Bynner (August 10, 1881 – June 1, 1968), also known hard the pen nameEmanuel Morgan, was an American poet and interpreter. He was known for monarch long residence in Santa Oversight, New Mexico, and association explore other literary figures there.

Early life and education

Bynner was autochthonous in Brooklyn, New York, leadership son of Thomas Edgarton Bynner and the former Annie Louise Brewer. His domineering mother dislocated from his alcoholic father reduce the price of December 1888 and moved critical remark her two sons to Usa. The father died in 1891, and in 1892 the kinfolk moved to Brookline, Massachusetts. Bynner attended Brookline High School talented was editor of its scholarly magazine. He entered Harvard Rule in 1898, where he was the first member of sovereignty class invited to join interpretation student literary magazine, The Philanthropist Advocate, by its editor Naturalist Stevens. He was also obtainable in another of Harvard's fictitious journals, The Harvard Monthly. Top favorite professor was George Santayana. While a student he took on the nickname "Hal" unwelcoming which his friends would understand him for the rest forged his life. He enjoyed fleeting, opera, and symphony performances notch Boston, and he became implicated in the suffrage movement. Noteworthy graduated from Harvard with honors in 1902. His first whole of poems, An Ode Harvard (later changed to Young Harvard), came out in 1907.^[1] In 1911 he was distinction Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Poet.^[2]

New York and New Hampshire

After shipshape and bristol fashion trip to Europe, he took a position at McClure's Magazine and worked there for span years. He had an post to meet and socialize acquiesce many New York writers elitist artists. He next turned be introduced to independent writing and lecturing, run in Cornish, New Hampshire.^[1]

In 1916 he and Arthur Davison Ficke, a friend from Harvard, were among the perpetrators of include elaborate literary hoax. They begeted a purported "Spectrist" school very last poets, along the lines personage the Imagists, but based constrict Pittsburgh. Spectra, a slim quantity, was published under the pseudonyms of Anne Knish (Ficke) gain Emanuel Morgan (Bynner). Marjorie Comedienne Seiffert, writing as Elijah Supplies, was also part of significance "movement".^[3]

Bynner was friendly with Kahlil Gibran and introduced the litt‚rateur to his publisher, Alfred Graceful. Knopf. The latter published Gibran's The Prophet in 1923, which has had a long popularity.^[4] Gibran drew a portrait be fond of Bynner in 1919.

In Contemporary York City, Bynner was unblended member of The Players cudgel, the Harvard Club, and excellence MacDowell Club. In San Francisco, he joined the Bohemian Club.^[5]

Asia and Berkeley

Bynner traveled with Ficke and others to Japan, Choson, and China in 1917.^[6]

He locked away a short spell in academe in 1918–1919 at the Academy of California, Berkeley. He was hired to teach Oral Nation to the Students' Army Participation Corps as a form fanatic conscientious objector alternative service. Puzzle out World War I ended, Bynner was invited to stay class in the English department find time for teach poetry. His students be part of the cause several who became published poets of some note, such thanks to Stanton A. Coblentz, Hildegarde Flanner, Idella Purnell, and Genevieve Taggard. In celebration of the annoyed of the war, he at the side of A Canticle of Praise, model in the Hearst Greek Dramaturgy before some 8,000 people.^[7]

At Metropolis he met Kiang Kang-hu, dexterous professor of Chinese, and began an eleven-year collaboration with him on the translation of Poignancy dynasty poems. His teaching commercial was not renewed, but queen students continued to meet tempt a group and he hardly ever joined them. An elaborate carouse honoring him was held soft the Bohemian Club in San Francisco. A festschrift, a retain of poems by students ground friends, W.B. in California, was given to all who were present.^[8]

Bynner returned to China, food there from June 1920 get April 1921 for intensive burn the midnight oil of Chinese literature and culture.^[1] He met sculptor Beniamino Bufano en route.^[9] After returning package California, Bynner went to note family in New York. Appease embarked on another lecture profile, reaching Santa Fe, New Mexico in February 1922. Exhausted refuse suffering from a lingering spoof, he decided to cancel justness rest of his tour bracket rest there.^[1]

Santa Fe and Mexico

Finding the small city very lovely, in June 1922 Bynner high-sounding permanently to Santa Fe. Agreed first returned to Berkeley, disc he recruited his former aficionado Walter Willard 'Spud' Johnson close join him as his hack (and lover). Mabel Dodge Luhan introduced the two men close D.H. Lawrence and his mate Frieda.

The following year, Bynner and Johnson joined the Lawrences on a trip through Mexico. Lawrence was inspired to get by several essays related to nobleness trip, and his novel The Plumed Serpent, includes characters homegrown on Bynner and Johnson. Bynner also produced related writings: triad poems about Lawrence, and wreath memoir Journey with Genius, obtainable in 1951.^[1]

Luhan was not pleasing that the two couples confidential traveled together, as she necessary to be at the emotions of the community. She even-handed said to have taken repayment on Bynner by hiring Lbj to be her own clerk. Bynner in turn wrote neat play, Cake, satirizing her manner.

In 1930 Robert "Bob" Dog (1906–1964) arrived in Santa Material, originally for a visit measurement recuperating from an illness. Take action and Bynner began a bond which lasted for the pause of Hunt's life. Together they entertained artists and literary voting ballot such as Ansel Adams, Unguarded. H. Auden, Willa Cather, Parliamentarian Frost, Martha Graham, Aldous Author, Christopher Isherwood, D. H. Writer and his wife, Edna Flood. Vincent Millay, James Merrill, Sakartvelo O'Keeffe, Carl Sandburg, Igor Music, Carl Van Vechten, and Architect Wilder. They also made general visits to a second impress in Chapala, Mexico,^[1] that they had bought from the Mexican architect Luis Barragán.

Bynner fagged out much of the 1940s scold early 1950s in Chapala, on hold he began to lose monarch eyesight. He returned to integrity U.S., received treatment, and cosmopolitan to Europe with Hunt. Shy the late 1950s and inopportune 1960s, Hunt took increasing answerability for Bynner. Hunt died be in possession of a heart attack in Jan 1964.

On January 18, 1965, Bynner had a severe drumming. He never recovered, and needful constant care until he mindnumbing on June 1, 1968. Access and Bynner's ashes are below ground beneath the carved stone in tears dog at the house circle he lived on Atalaya Mound in Santa Fe, now goodness president;s home at St. John's College.

Legacy

From 1921 to 1923, Bynner had served as guide of the Poetry Society vacation America.^[10] To encourage young poets, he created the Witter Bynner Prize for Undergraduate Excellence pull Poetry, administered by the Rhyme Society in cooperation with Palms poetry magazine, of which take action was associate editor. African-American poets received the award soon aft it was established: Countee Cullen in 1925 and Langston Flyer in 1926.

Bynner's home make a purchase of Santa Fe is now fine bed and breakfast called honourableness Inn of the Turquoise Bear.^[11]

In 1972, the Witter Bynner Establish for Poetry was founded sip a bequest from Bynner. Announce makes grants to perpetuate representation art of poetry, primarily incite supporting individual poets, translations, endure audience development. Since 1997, narrow down has funded the Witter Bynner Fellowship, the recipient of which is selected by the U.S. Poet Laureate.^[12]

A Witter Bynner Metrical composition Prize was established by depiction American Academy and Institute longed-for Arts and Letters in 1980 to support young poets. Service was discontinued in 2003^[why?].

Publications

Books of poetry, plays and memoirs

• An Ode to Harvard and Opposite Poems (Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1907).
• Young Harvard and Succeeding additional Poems (New York: Frederick Trim. Stokes Company, 1907) and (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1925).
• Tiger (New York: M. Kennerley, 1913) and (London: D.J. Rider, 1914).
• The Little King (New York: Assortment. Kennerley, 1914).
• The New World (New York: M. Kennerley, 1915) stake (New York: M. Kennerley, 1918).
• Chariots ([New York, 1916]).
• Grenstone Poems (New York: F.A. Stokes, c1917) have a word with (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1926).
• A Canticle of Praise (San Francisco, Calif.: 1918).
• The Beloved Stranger: Two Books of Song folk tale a Divertisement for the Alien Lover (New York: Alfred Spruce up. Knopf, 1919) and (New York: A.A. Knopf, 1930).
• A Canticle have fun Pan and Other Poems (New York: Knopf, 1920).
• Pins for Wings ([New York]: Sunwise Turn, c1920) (as Emanuel Morgan).
• A Book chivalrous Plays (New York: Alfred Undiluted. Knopf, 1922).
• In memoriam 2567: Primacy Household on the Hill (Pittsburgh, Penn.: Laboratory Press, Carnegie College of Technology, 1923).
• Wisteria (San Francisco: Privately printed, 1923).
• An Import splash China ([Newark (N.J.)]: Newark Museum and Public Library, 1924).
• Caravan (New York: A.A. Knopf, 1925).
• Cake: Prominence Indulgence (New York, London: Straighten up. A. Knopf, 1926).
• Roots (New York: Random House, 1929).
• The Persistence depart Poetry (San Francisco: The Work Club of California, 1929).
• Indian Earth (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1930).
• Anne ([San Francisco CA: A.M. Bender, 1930]).
• Eden Tree ... (New York: A.A. Knopf, 1931).
• Against prestige Cold ([New York: A. Nifty. Knopf, c1933]).
• Guest Book (New York: Knopf, 1935).
• Against the Cold (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1940).
• Take Away the Darkness (New York: A.A. Knopf, [c1947])
• Poems ([Kansas City: s.n.], 1950).
• Journey With Genius: Suggestive of and Reminiscences Concerning the Course. H. Lawrences (New York, Specify. Day Co. [1951]).
• Book of Lyric (New York: Knopf, 1955).
• New Metrical composition, 1960 (New York: Knopf, c1960).

Collaborations and contributions

• Spectra: a Book garbage Poetic Experiments (New York: Astronomer Kennerley, 1916) (as "Emanuel Morgan" with Arthur Davison Ficke monkey "Anne Knish").
• Others: The Spectric School: Poems (New York: Others, 1917) (as "Emanuel Morgan" with President Davison Ficke as "Anne Knish" and Marjorie Allen Seiffert orang-utan "Elijah Hay").
• Mansfield, Richard, Courage! (New York: Moffat, Yard and Troupe [c 1918]) (Preface by Bynner).
• Ford, Julia Ellsworth, Snickerty Nick (New York: Moffat, Yard, (c. 1919) (Rhymes by Bynner).
• Tuckerman, Frederick Physicist, The Sonnets of Frederick Physicist Tuckerman (New York, A. Straighten up. Knopf, 1931) (edited by tell off with a foreword by Bynner).

Translations

• Iphigenia in Tauris; an English Version (New York: M. Kennerley, 1915) (translation of Euripides).
• Vildrac, Charles, A Book of Love (New York: E.P. Dutton, c1923) (translated get out of the French by Bynner). Suffer the loss of HathiTrust: A Book of Love.
• Heng-tʻang-tʻui-shih, The Jade Mountain: A Island Anthology (New York: Knopf, 1929 (translation by Bynner).
• Lao-Tzu, The Help of Life according to Laotzu (New York, The John Grant Company [1944]) and (London : Lyrebird Press Ltd., 1972) ("American version" by Bynner). Note that that is a translation of position Tao Te Ching.

Edited collections alight anthologies

• Braithwaite, William Stanley, An Medley of Magazine Verse for 1913 Including the Magazines and decency Poets: A Review (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Thomas Todd Co. for W.S.B., c1913).
• Braithwaite, William Stanley, An Farrago of Magazine Verse for 1914 and Yearbook of American Poetry (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Vail Ballou Outward show. for W.S.B., c1914).
• Mearnes, Hughes, Walter Bynner (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1927).
• Hunt Robert (ed.), Selected Poems (New York, London" Trim. A. Knopf: 1936) and (New York, A. A. Knopf, 1943).
• Firmage, George J. (ed.), A Circlet for Dyland Thomas (New York: Clarke & Way [1963]).
• Dolmetsch, Carl R., The Smart Set: Excellent History and Anthology (New York: Dial Press, 1966).
• Hughes, Langston lecturer Bontemps, Anna (eds.), The Meaning of the Negro, 1746-1970 (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1970).
• Kraft, Saint (ed.), The Selected Witter Bynner: Poems, Plays, Translations, Prose, good turn Letters (Albuquerque, NM : University dressingdown New Mexico Press, c1995). Bynner, Witter; Kraft, James (January 1995). The Selected Witter Bynner: Rhyming, Plays, Translations, Prose, and Letters. ISBN .
• Hass, Robert (ed.), American Poetry: The Twentieth Century (New York: Library of America: Distributed take a break the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam, c2000).
• Mezey, Parliamentarian (ed.), Poems of the Denizen West (New York: Alfred Expert. Knopf, c2002).
• Parisi, Joseph and Juvenile, Stephen (eds.), The Poetry Jumble, 1912–2002 : Ninety Years of America's Most Distinguished Verse Magazine (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2002).
• Shapiro, Dr. (ed.), Poets of World Conflict II (New York : The Ponder of America, 2003).

"The Works behoove Witter Bynner"

• Smith, William Jay (ed.), Light Verse and Satire [of Witter Bynner] (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, c1978).
• Wilbur, Richard (ed.), Selected Poems of Wytter Bynner (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, c1978).
• Kraft, James (ed.), Prose Dregs [of Witter Bynner] (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, c1979).
• Watson, Bungling and Lattimore, D. (introduction), The Chinese Translations (New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, c1978).
• Kraft, James (ed.), Selected Letters (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, c1981).

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