Robert Quillen | |
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| Born | Verni Robert Quillen March 25, 1887 Syracuse, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | December 9, 1948 (aged 61) Asheville, North Carolina |
| Resting place | Fountain Inn, South Carolina |
| Occupation | Journalist, Humorist |
| Nationality | American |
| Literary movement | "village nostalgia" |
| Notable works | Fountain Inn Tribune |
| Spouse | Donnie Cox
(m. 1906; died 1921)Marcelle Babb (m. 1922) |
Verni Robert Quillen (March 25, 1887 – December 9, 1948) was an American journalist and humorist who for more than a quarter century was "one of the leading purveyors of village nostalgia" from his home in Fountain Inn, South Carolina.[1] In 2012, his office and library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
- ^ John Hammond Moore, ed., The Voice of Small-Town America: The Selected Writings of Robert Quillen, 1920-1948 (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2008), xi.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/30/12 through 2/03/12. National Park Service. 2012-02-10. Archived from the original on 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2014-05-31.