Leonora Speyer, Lady Speyer (November 7, 1872 - February 10, 1956) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, and a violinist.
Lady Leonora Speyer (1872-1956). Portrait by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), 1907. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Speyer was born Leonora von Stosch in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Count Ferdinand von Stosch of Mantze in Silesia, who fought for the Union.
She studied music in Brussels, Paris, and Leipzig.
Leonora Speyer and her husband Sir Edgar Speyer, circa 1921. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
Career[]
Leonora played the violin professionally under the batons of Arthur Nikisch and Anton Seidl, among others.
She married Louis Meredith Howland in 1894,[1] . The couple had a daughter, Enid. They divorced in Paris in 1902.[2]
Leonora then married banker Edgar Speyer (later Sir Edgar), of London, where the couple lived until 1915. They had 3 daughters: Pamela, Leonora, and Vivien Claire Speyer.[3]
Sir Edgar had German ancestry and, following anti-German attacks on him that year,[3] they moved to the United States and took up residence in New York City, where Leonora Speyer began writing poetry. [4]
She died in New York City.[5]
Recognition[]
Speyer won the 1927 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her collection, Fiddler's Farewell.[6]
Awards[]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- A Canopic Jar. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1921.
- Oberammergau (etched by Bernhardt Wall). privately printed, 1922.
- Ballad of a Lost House. privately printed, 1924.
- Fiddler's Farewell. New York: Knopf, 1926.
- Naked Heel. New York & London: Knopf, 1931.
- Slow Wall: Poems new and selected. New York: Knopf, 1939.
- Slow Wall: Poems, together with nor without music. New York: Knopf. 1946.
Translated[]
- Hans Trausil, Holy Night: A Yule-tide masque. New York: Sunwise Turn, 1919.
Edited[]
- American Poets: An anthology of contemporary verse (compiled with an introduction). Munich, Germany: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1923.
Spring Cowardice by Leonora Speyer
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[7]
Poems by Speyer[]
See also[]
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References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ "Art Inventories Catalog". Smithsonian American Art Museum. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!215471!0. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ↑ "Miss Enid Howland to Wed J.R. Hewitt". New York Times: p. 11. August 13, 1919. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0DE6D91338EE32A25750C1A96E9C946896D6CF. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Barker, Theo (2004). "Speyer, Sir Edgar, baronet (1862–1932)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36215. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36215. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ↑ Poetry X » Poetry Archives » Leonora Speyer » "Biography".
- ↑ "Leonora Speyer, Pulitzer Poet". New York Times: p. 16. February 11, 1956. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F3071EFB355F177A93C3A81789D85F428585F9. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ↑ Poetry X » Poetry Archives » Leonora Speyer » "Biography".
- ↑ Search results = au:Leonors Speyer, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Mar. 3, 2014.
External links[]
- Poems
- "April on the Battlefields"
- Speyer in The Second Book of Modern Verse: "A Note from the Pipes," "April on the Battlefields"
- Speyer in Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1920: ""Suddenly," ""Song""
- "Measure Me Sky", "The Pet", The Bookman Anthology
- Leonora Speyer (bio & 10 poems) at the Academy of American Poets
- Speyer in Poetry: A magazine of verse, 1912-1922: "The Squall," "The Locust," "Crickets at Dawn," "In Praise of Abrigada," "Duet," "At the Hospital for the Insane," "Song Overhead," "Kind Fate," "The Stronghold," "Looking on," "A Truth about a Lie," "Couplets"
- Leonora Speyer at PoemHunter (8 poems)
- Audio / video
- Books
- Leonora Speyer at the Online Books Page
- Leonora Speyer at Amazon.com
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