Charles Edward Butler (July 9, 1908 – July 13, 1981)
was an American
poet.
Life
He was born in
Denver, Colorado and graduated from the
University of Colorado and the
University of Chicago Graduate Library School. He served in the
United States Army Air Forces in England in
World War II where he wrote poetry. He was a staff sergeant. He went on the be a librarian at
Longwood College
Longwood University is a public university in Farmville, Virginia. Founded in 1839, it is the third-oldest public university in Virginia and one of the hundred oldest institutions of higher education in the United States. Previously a college, Lo ...
in
Farmville, Virginia
Farmville is a town in Prince Edward and Cumberland counties in the U.S. state of Virginia. The population was 8,216 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Prince Edward County.
Farmville developed near the headwaters of the Appomattox R ...
.
[
His work appeared in ''The Atlantic'', ''Poetry'', ''Yank''.
]
Awards
* 1945 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition for "Cut Is the Branch"
* 1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
Guggenheim Fellow
Works
* ''Cut is the branch, etc.'', Yale University Press, 1945
Anthologies
* ''The Best from Yank the Army Weekly'', World Publishing Co., Editors of Yank, 1945
References
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1908 births
1981 deaths
20th-century American poets
Yale Younger Poets winners
United States Army Air Forces soldiers
United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II