Edgar Lee Masters

Edgar Lee Masters
Masters as a young man
Masters as a young man
Born(1868-08-23)August 23, 1868
Garnett, Kansas, U.S.[1]
DiedMarch 5, 1950(1950-03-05) (aged 81)
Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1]
Resting placeOakland cemetery, Petersburg, Illinois
Occupation
  • Poet
  • biographer
  • lawyer
LanguageEnglish
Notable awardsRobert Frost Medal (1942)

Edgar Lee Masters (August 23, 1868 – March 5, 1950) was an American attorney, poet, biographer, and dramatist. He is the author of Spoon River Anthology, The New Star Chamber and Other Essays, Songs and Satires, The Great Valley, The Serpent in the Wilderness, An Obscure Tale, The Spleen, Mark Twain: A Portrait, Lincoln: The Man, and Illinois Poems. In all, Masters published twelve plays, twenty-one books of poetry, six novels and six biographies, including those of Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Vachel Lindsay, and Walt Whitman.

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