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(1914-1955) Poet, novelist, short story writer, critic. Weldon Kees was born in Beatrice, Nebraska. He moved to Manhattan, New York, in 1943.

Full Name

Weldon Kees

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1914

BIRTH

Weldon Kees was born in Beatrice, Nebraska, in 1914.

1943

RESIDENCE

Kees moved to Manhattan, New York, in 1943.

1943

LITWORK

The Last Man


Collection of poetry.

1947

LITWORK

The Fall Of The Magician


Collection of poetry.

1953

LITWORK

Nonverbal Communication: Notes On The Visual Perception Of Human Relations


Nonfiction; written with Jurgen Ruesch.

1954

LITWORK

Poems 1947-1954
Adrian Wilson.

Collection of poetry.

1955

DEATH

Weldon Kees disappeared in 1955.

1960

LITWORK

The Collected Poems of Weldon Kees


Edited by Donald Justice.

1984

LITWORK

The Ceremony and Other Stories


Selected by Dana Gioia.

1986

LITWORK

Weldon Kees and the Midcentury Generation


Letters; edited by Robert E. Knoll.

1988

LITWORK

Reviews and Essays, 1936-55


Edited by James Reidel.

1990

LITWORK

Fall Quarter


Novel. Completed in 1941, but not published until 1990.

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