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(1887-1954) Poet. Leonard Bacon was born in Solvay, New York in 1887. Bacon grew up in Rhode Island and graduated from Yale University in 1909. He moved to Berkeley, California and taught at the University of California, Berkeley.

Full Name

Leonard Bacon

Locations

Onondaga

Author's Timeline


1887

BIRTH

Leonard Bacon was born in Solvay, New York, on May 26, 1887.

1923

LITWORK

Ulug Beg
New York: A. A. Knopf
1135370915 ISBN-13: 978-1135370916
Poetry.

1925

LITWORK

Ph. D.S, Male And Female Created He Them
New York & London: Harper & Brothers

Poetry.

1927

LITWORK

Guinea-Fowl And Other Poultry
New York & London: Harper & Brothers

Poetry.

1928

LITWORK

The Legend of Quincebald
New York & London: Harper & Brothers

Poetry translated by Mr. Bacon.

1930

LITWORK

Lost Buffalo And Other Poems
New York & London: Harper & Brothers

Poetry.

1932

LITWORK

The Furioso
Harper and Brothers

Poetry.

1934

LITWORK

Dream and Action
Harper

Poetry.

1936

LITWORK

Rhyme and Punishment
Farrar & Rinehart

Poetry.

1940

LITWORK

Sunderland Capture And Other Poems
New York & London: Harper & Brothers

Poetry. Pulitzer Prize winner in 1940.

1942

LITWORK

Day of Fire
London & New York: Oxford University Press

Poetry.

1954

DEATH

Leonard Bacon died in Peace Dale, Rhode Island, on January 1, 1954.

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