by George J. Dance
Marguerite Ogden Bigelow Wilkinson (November 15, 1883 - 1928) was a Canadian-born American poet.[1]
Marguerite Wilkinson (1883-1925), By a Western Wayside. Santa Barbara, CA: Craft Camarata, 1912. Courtesy Internet Archive.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Wilkinson was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[1]
She was educated at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.[1]
Marriage and career[]
She married James Wilkinson in 1909.[1]
She did a great deal of journalistic work, having conducted literary departments on various journals.[1]
Recognition[]
Her poem "Bluestone" was awarded a $150 prize by the Poetry Society of America for the best poem read at its meetings in 1919.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- In Vivid Gardens: Songs of the woman spirit. Boston: Sherman, French, 1911.
- By a Western Wayside. Santa Barbara, CA: Craft Camarata, 1912.
- Bluestone: Lyrics. New York: Macmillan, 1920.
- The Great Dream. New York: Macmillan, 1923.
- The Way of the Makers. New York: Macmillan, 1925.
- Yule Fire. New York: Macmillan, 1925.
- Citadels. New York: Macmillan, 1926.
- The Radiant Tree. New York: Macmillan, 1927.
Play[]
- The Passings of Mars: A modern morality play. Coronado, CA: privately published, 1915.
Non-fiction[]
- New Voices: An introduction to contemporary poetry. New York: Macmillan, 1919;
- revised & enlarged, New York: Macmillan, 1921.
- The Dingbat of Arcady. New York: Macmillan, 1922.
- The Poetry of Our Own Times. Chicago: American Library Association, 1926.
Edited[]
- Golden Songs of the Golden State. Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1917.
- Contemporary Poetry. New York: Macmillan, 1923.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[2]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Wilkinson, Marguerite Ogden Bigelow, Appendix A: Biographical Notes, Second Book of Modern Verse (edited by Jessie B. Rittenhouse). Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1919. Infoplease.com, Web, May 10, 2015.
- ↑ Search results = au:Marguerite Wilkinson, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, May 10, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- 2 poems by Wilkinson: "To the Summer Sun," "A Song for Mother's Day"
- Marguerite Wilkinson in The New Poetry: An anthology: "A Woman's Beloved," "An Incantation"
- Wilkinson in Poetry: A magazine of verse, 1912-1922: "The Charwoman," "Birth," "Summer in Coronado"
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