Ruth Harwood (December 14, 1896 - March 1959)[1] was an American poet.
Life[]
Harwood was born in Salt Lake City, Utah,[1] the second of 5 children of of Harriet (Richards) and James Taylor Harwood. Both of her parents were artists, and made frequent trips to Paris, taking Ruth with them.[2]
Around 1916 she enrolled at the University of Utah, where she won a prize for "the best poetry of the year, 1919-20." She graduated with a degree in English in 1920.[3] The following year she moved to California, and began graduate study at the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied graphic art.[2] At Berkeley she won the Emily Chamberlain Cook Prize…for the best unpublished group of poems during the year."[3]
Harwood remained in California after graduating from Berkeley. She had a home up in the hills where she published much of her poetry on a hand press. She continued with her art and poetry interests in a greeting card business she had started while in school and by lecturing, teaching, and exhibiting her artwork around the United States. In the 1930's she was a supervisor of art at the New Mexico State Teacher's College and served as a design instructor at the University of Utah. She also traveled to New York, Paris, and Italy to further her artistic and poetic talents.[2]
She Ruth Harwood died in Yucaipa, California.[2]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Emily Chamberlain Cook Prize Poems, 1921. Berkeley, CA: 1922.
- Lotus Light: Poems. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1932.
- Toward the Light: Series one. Berkeley, CA: Temple Guild, 1936.
- The Lyric Road. Berkeley, CA: Guilders, 1937.
- Temple Builders. Berkeley, CA: Guilders, 1938.
- Paris Cycle. Berkeley, CA: Guilders, 1938.
- Golden Benediction. Santa Barbara, CA: Pacific Coast, 1946.
Non-fiction[]
- The Life Blossom of Our Universal Spiritual Unfoldment. Berkeley, CA: Guilders, 1939.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ruth Harwood, Geni.com, November 14, 2014. Web, June 29, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Biogrphical / Historical Note, Inventory of the Ruth Harwood Papers, Library, University of Utah. Web, June 29, 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ruth Harwood, askART. Web, June 29, 2015.
- ↑ Search results = au:Ruth Harwood, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, June 29, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- Harwood in Poetry: A magazine of verse, 1912-1922: "Shoe Factory," "Making Little Clothes," "Always and Always"
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