Edmund Pennant
(1917-2002) Poet. Edmund Pennant lived in Bayside, Queens, New York and was co-editor of POETRYBAY.
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A. Poulin, Jr.
Poet, translator, publisher. Born in Lisbon, Maine. He lived in Brockport, and taught at the State University of New York at Brockport. He was the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Research Foundation of the State University of New York. Poulin was … Continued
Ezra Pound
(1885-1972) Poet, editor, critic, translator. Ezra Pound was born in Hailey, Idaho. He graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, in 1905, and received his master of arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1906. He lived in Manhattan, New York and was an extremely important influence in the shaping of 20th century … Continued
George Wilbur Peck
Writer. “Peck’s Bad Boy.” Was born in Henderson.
Ely S Parker
(1828-1895) Engineer, journal-keeper, secretary to U. S. Grant. Ely Parker was born on the Tonawanda reservation in New York. He was one of the first Native Americans noted for succeeding within the white mans higher institutions of learning. He was an engineer in Rochester and later a military secretary for Ulysses S. Grant. Henry Lewis … Continued
James Kirke Paulding
(1778-1860) Poet. James Kirke Paulding lived in Coldspring, New York.
Arthur C Parker
Born to a Seneca father and white mother in Cattaraugus , his Seneca grandfather (Nicholas Parker was brother to Ely S. Parker) was his inspiration. As an anthropologist, researcher and well known writer Parker published a number of books (about Red Jacket and Ely S. Parker), including: “The Code of Handsome Lake,” “The Seneca Prophet.” … Continued