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(1889-1949) Novelist, poet, biographer. Allen served as trustee of Cazenovia Junior College. 1924-1926 He taught English at Columbia University. His works include “Israfel” (1926), a biography of Edgar Allan Poe and “Anthony Adverse” (1933), a popular novel. His first book of poetry is “Wampum and Old Gold” (1921).

Full Name

Hervey Allen

Locations

Madison

Author's Timeline


Unknown

OTHER

Allen served as trustee of Cazenovia Junior College in Cazenovia, New York.

1889

BIRTH

Hervey Allen was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1889.

1921

LITWORK

Wampum and Old Gold


First book of poetry.

1922

LITWORK

Carolina Chansons


Collection of poetry written with DuBose Heyward.

1924

OTHER

Allen taught English at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York.

1925

LITWORK

Toward the Flame: A War Diary

1926

LITWORK

Israfel


A biography of Edgar Allan Poe.

1933

LITWORK

Anthony Adverse


Novel.

1943

LITWORK

The Forest and the Fort


Novel.

1944

LITWORK

Bedford Village


Novel.

1948

LITWORK

Toward the Morning


Novel.

1949

DEATH

Hervey Allen died in Glades, Florida in 1949.

1949

INTERMENT

Hervey Allen was interred in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.

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