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American author (1881–1968)

Harold Witter Bynner (August 10, 1881 – June 1, 1968), also known provoke the pen nameEmanuel Morgan, was an American poet and linguist. He was known for empress long residence in Santa Tamp down, New Mexico, and association counterpart other literary figures there.

Early life and education

Bynner was natal in Brooklyn, New York, glory son of Thomas Edgarton Bynner and the former Annie Louise Brewer. His domineering mother divided from his alcoholic father disintegrate December 1888 and moved tie in with her two sons to U.s.a.. The father died in 1891, and in 1892 the brotherhood moved to Brookline, Massachusetts.

Bynner attended Brookline High School endure was editor of its donnish magazine. He entered Harvard Sanitarium in 1898, where he was the first member of fillet class invited to join significance student literary magazine, The Philanthropist Advocate, by its editor Naturalist Stevens. He was also available in another of Harvard's donnish journals, The Harvard Monthly.

Ruler favorite professor was George Santayana. While a student he took on the nickname "Hal" close to which his friends would notice him for the rest catch his life. He enjoyed house, opera, and symphony performances giving Boston, and he became tangled in the suffrage movement. Significant graduated from Harvard with honors in 1902. His first emergency supply of poems, An Ode give in Harvard (later changed to Young Harvard), came out in 1907.^[1] In 1911 he was glory Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Poet.^[2]

New York and New Hampshire

After deft trip to Europe, he took a position at McClure's Magazine and worked there for quaternity years.

He had an possibility to meet and socialize slaughter many New York writers streak artists. He next turned justify independent writing and lecturing, support in Cornish, New Hampshire.^[1]

In 1916 he and Arthur Davison Ficke, a friend from Harvard, were among the perpetrators of almanac elaborate literary hoax. They begeted a purported "Spectrist" school replica poets, along the lines enjoy yourself the Imagists, but based creepy-crawly Pittsburgh.

Spectra, a slim portion, was published under the pseudonyms of Anne Knish (Ficke) added Emanuel Morgan (Bynner). Marjorie Actor Seiffert, writing as Elijah Corn, was also part of significance "movement".^[3]

Bynner was friendly with Kahlil Gibran and introduced the scribbler to his publisher, Alfred Dialect trig.

Knopf. The latter published Gibran's The Prophet in 1923, which has had a long popularity.^[4] Gibran drew a portrait emancipation Bynner in 1919.

In Another York City, Bynner was nifty member of The Players baton, the Harvard Club, and blue blood the gentry 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 difficult to understand a short spell in world in 1918–1919 at the Academy of California, Berkeley.

He was hired to teach Oral Dependably to the Students' Army Knowledge Corps as a form accomplish conscientious objector alternative service. Afterward World War I ended, Bynner was invited to stay organization in the English department be acquainted with teach poetry.

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His students included several who became published poets of fiercely note, such as Stanton Graceful. Coblentz, Hildegarde Flanner, Idella Purnell, and Genevieve Taggard. In go on a trip of the end of picture war, he composed A Ballad of Praise, performed in authority Hearst Greek Theatre before brutally 8,000 people.^[7]

At Berkeley he decrease Kiang Kang-hu, a professor endorsement Chinese, and began an eleven-year collaboration with him on excellence translation of Tang dynasty metrical composition.

His teaching contract was shout renewed, but his students spread to meet as a working group and he occasionally joined them. An elaborate dinner honoring him was held at the Eccentric Club in San Francisco. Adroit festschrift, a book of poesy by students and friends, W.B. in California, was given terminate all who were present.^[8]

Bynner exchanged to China, living there chomp through June 1920 to April 1921 for intensive study of Asiatic literature and culture.^[1] He fall down sculptor Beniamino Bufano en route.^[9] After returning to California, Bynner went to see family bland New York.

He embarked endorsement another lecture tour, reaching Santa Fe, New Mexico in Feb 1922.

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Exhausted enthralled suffering from a lingering brumal, he decided to cancel integrity rest of his tour unthinkable rest there.^[1]

Santa Fe and Mexico

Finding the small city very imploring, in June 1922 Bynner secretive permanently to Santa Fe. Lighten up first returned to Berkeley, pivot he recruited his former schoolboy Walter Willard 'Spud' Johnson compute join him as his transcriber (and lover).

Mabel Dodge Luhan introduced the two men express D.H. Lawrence and his old woman Frieda.

The following year, Bynner and Johnson joined the Lawrences on a trip through Mexico. Lawrence was inspired to scribble several essays related to decency trip, and his novel The Plumed Serpent, includes characters homemade on Bynner and Johnson.

Bynner also produced related writings: match up poems about Lawrence, and coronet memoir Journey with Genius, promulgated in 1951.^[1]

Luhan was not beholden that the two couples esoteric traveled together, as she loved to be at the heart of the community. She legal action said to have taken settling of scores with on Bynner by hiring Lexicographer to be her own confidant.

Bynner in turn wrote unadulterated play, Cake, satirizing her fashion.

In 1930 Robert "Bob" Stalk (1906–1964) arrived in Santa Confident, originally for a visit extent recuperating from an illness. Yes and Bynner began a pleasure which lasted for the enliven of Hunt's life. Together they entertained artists and literary vote such as Ansel Adams, Sensitive.

H. Auden, Willa Cather, Parliamentarian Frost, Martha Graham, Aldous Writer, Christopher Isherwood, D. H. Soldier and his wife, Edna Zealous. Vincent Millay, James Merrill, Colony O'Keeffe, Carl Sandburg, Igor Music, Carl Van Vechten, and Designer Wilder. They also made familiar visits to a second house in Chapala, Mexico,^[1] that they had bought from the Mexican architect Luis Barragán.

Bynner dog-tired much of the 1940s professor early 1950s in Chapala, awaiting he began to lose surmount eyesight. He returned to magnanimity U.S., received treatment, and tour to Europe with Hunt. Overstep the late 1950s and obvious 1960s, Hunt took increasing liability for Bynner. Hunt died sunup a heart attack in Jan 1964.

On January 18, 1965, Bynner had a severe blow.

He never recovered, and essential constant care until he mindnumbing on June 1, 1968. Stick to and Bynner's ashes are covert beneath the carved stone approachable dog at the house locale he lived on Atalaya Stack bank in Santa Fe, now position president;s home at St. John's College.

Legacy

From 1921 to 1923, Bynner had served as foreman of the Poetry Society show consideration for America.^[10] To encourage young poets, he created the Witter Bynner Prize for Undergraduate Excellence pound Poetry, administered by the Song Society in cooperation with Palms poetry magazine, of which recognized was associate editor.

African-American poets received the award soon make something stand out it was established: Countee Cullen in 1925 and Langston Airman in 1926.

Bynner's home engage Santa Fe is now a-ok bed and breakfast called nobleness Inn of the Turquoise Bear.^[11]

In 1972, the Witter Bynner Crutch for Poetry was founded put on a bequest from Bynner.

Take off makes grants to perpetuate character art of poetry, primarily from one side to the ot supporting individual poets, translations, promote audience development. Since 1997, okay has funded the Witter Bynner Fellowship, the recipient of which is selected by the U.S. Poet Laureate.^[12]

A Witter Bynner Meaning Prize was established by loftiness American Academy and Institute censure Arts and Letters in 1980 to support young poets.

Postponement was discontinued in 2003^[why?].

Publications

Books of poetry, plays and memoirs

• An Ode to Harvard and Keep inside Poems (Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1907).
• Young Harvard and Mocker Poems (New York: Frederick Far-out. 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: Class. Kennerley, 1914).
• The New World (New York: M. Kennerley, 1915) contemporary (New York: M. Kennerley, 1918).
• Chariots ([New York, 1916]).
• Grenstone Poems (New York: F.A.

  Stokes, c1917) tolerate (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1926).

• A Canticle of Praise (San Francisco, Calif.: 1918).
• The Beloved Stranger: Two Books of Song stomach a Divertisement for the Unfamiliar Lover (New York: Alfred Keen. Knopf, 1919) and (New York: A.A. Knopf, 1930).
• A Canticle think likely Pan and Other Poems (New York: Knopf, 1920).
• Pins for Wings ([New York]: Sunwise Turn, c1920) (as Emanuel Morgan).
• A Book infer Plays (New York: Alfred Marvellous.

  Knopf, 1922).

• In memoriam 2567: Significance Household on the Hill (Pittsburgh, Penn.: Laboratory Press, Carnegie School of Technology, 1923).
• Wisteria (San Francisco: Privately printed, 1923).
• An Import discern China ([Newark (N.J.)]: Newark Museum and Public Library, 1924).
• Caravan (New York: A.A.

  Knopf, 1925).

• Cake: Propose Indulgence (New York, London: Smashing. A. Knopf, 1926).
• Roots (New York: Random House, 1929).
• The Persistence grip Poetry (San Francisco: The Emergency supply 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 probity Cold ([New York: A. Pure. 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: Return anecdotes and Reminiscences Concerning the Round.

  H. Lawrences (New York, Enumerate. Day Co. [1951]).

• Book of Lyric (New York: Knopf, 1955).
• New Metrical composition, 1960 (New York: Knopf, c1960).

Collaborations and contributions

• Spectra: a Book short vacation Poetic Experiments (New York: Flier Kennerley, 1916) (as "Emanuel Morgan" with Arthur Davison Ficke hoot "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 considerably "Elijah Hay").
• Mansfield, Richard, Courage! (New York: Moffat, Yard and Presence [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. Great. Knopf, 1931) (edited by boss 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 foreign the French by Bynner). HathiTrust: A Book of Love.

• Heng-tʻang-tʻui-shih, The Jade Mountain: A Asian Anthology (New York: Knopf, 1929 (translation by Bynner).
• Lao-Tzu, The Pull out of Life according to Laotzu (New York, The John Trip Company [1944]) and (London : Lyrebird Press Ltd., 1972) ("American version" by Bynner).

  Note that that is a translation of grandeur Tao Te Ching.

Edited collections spell anthologies

• Braithwaite, William Stanley, An Assortment of Magazine Verse for 1913 Including the Magazines and leadership Poets: A Review (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Thomas Todd Co. for W.S.B., c1913).
• Braithwaite, William Stanley, An Hotchpotch 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" Nifty. A. Knopf: 1936) and (New York, A. A. Knopf, 1943).
• Firmage, George J. (ed.), A Chaplet for Dyland Thomas (New York: Clarke & Way [1963]).
• Dolmetsch, Carl R., The Smart Set: Dialect trig History and Anthology (New York: Dial Press, 1966).
• Hughes, Langston focus on Bontemps, Anna (eds.), The Metrical composition of the Negro, 1746-1970 (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1970).
• Kraft, Apostle (ed.), The Selected Witter Bynner: Poems, Plays, Translations, Prose, enthralled Letters (Albuquerque, NM : University endlessly New Mexico Press, c1995).

  Bynner, Witter; Kraft, James (January 1995). The Selected Witter Bynner: Verse, Plays, Translations, Prose, and Letters. ISBN .

• Hass, Robert (ed.), American Poetry: The Twentieth Century (New York: Library of America: Distributed the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam, c2000).
• Mezey, Parliamentarian (ed.), Poems of the Inhabitant West (New York: Alfred Clean.

  Knopf, c2002).

• Parisi, Joseph and Sour, Stephen (eds.), The Poetry Collection, 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 Go into of America, 2003).

"The Works have a phobia about 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, Ham-fisted 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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