Joseph Kalar

Joseph Kalar (1906- ) was an American poet.

Life
Kalar was born on the Iron Range of Minnesota to Slovenian immigrants. His father worked at a papermill in International Falls. Kalar studied at Bemidji Teachers College and taught school.

Kalar's father died when he was 23, and he returned home, taking his father's job in the papermill to support his younger siblings. He wrote poetry in his spare time, which was published in Anvil, The Daily Worker, Left, Morada, New Masses, The Rebel Poet, and international journals like Red Flag, International Literature, and Literature of the World Revolution.

Publications

 * We Gather Strength. 1933.