Mark Turbyfill (1896-1990) (l) & Sam Putnam. Photo by Jun Fujita. Courtesy Windy City Times.
Mark Turbyfill (1896-1990), was an American poet, dancer, and painter.[1]
Life[]
Turbyfill was born in Oklahoma City.
Turbyfill came to Chicago with his parents in 1911. He began publishing poems while still a teenager.[1]
His professional dance career began in 1919 when he joined the Pavley-Oukrainsky corps de ballet with the Chicago Grand Opera Company. He continued to dance through the 1920s and 1930s, later becoming principal dancer under Adolph Bolm with the Chicago Allied Arts and partnering Chicago dancer and choreographer Ruth Page.[1]
Turbyfill gained renown as a poet in the 1920's, publishing in The Little Review, Poetry, and other magazines. The May 1926 issue of Poetry was devoted entirely to his long poem, "A Marriage With Space," which was later printed in book form with other poems in 1927 and 1974. A collection of his poetry, The Words Beneath Us, appeared in 1951.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- The Living Frieze. Evanston, IL: M. Wheeler, 1921.
- Evaporation: A symposium (with Samuel Putnam). Winchester, MA: Modern Review, 1923.
- A Marriage with Space, and other poems. Chicaco: P. Covici, 1927; Chicago:Gateway, 1974.
- The Words Beneath Us: Balletic poems. Chicago: Tower Features Press, 1951.
Non-fiction[]
- Ruth Page / Kreutzberg. [Chicago?]: [1934?]
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[2]
Poems by Mark Turbyfill[]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Biography of Mark Turbyfill, Inventory of the Mark Turbyfill papers, 1911-1985, Newberry Library. Web, Aug. 9, 2015.
- ↑ Search results = au:Mark Turbyfill, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Aug. 9, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- 2 poems by Turbyfill ("The Pulse of Spring," "Oh that Love Has Come at All") on Penny's Poetry Blog
- Turbyfill in Poetry: A magazine of verse, 1912-1922: "Prayer for Sophistication," "Strangers," "Pulse of Spring," "Oh That Love Has Come at All," "To a Cool Breeze," "A Song for Souls under Fire," "My Heart, Like Hyacinth," "The Adventurer," "Mellow," "Without Chaperon," "The Forest of Dead Trees," "Benediction," "Chicago," "End of Summer," "A Song of Givers and Takers," "Words about Love," "Journey," "The Intangible Symphony," "The Power of Nothing," "Repletion," "The Sea Storm," "Things Not Seen"
- Books
- Mark Turbyfill at Amazon.com
- About
- "Dancing for the Stars: Mark Turbyfill" at the Windy City Times
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