David H. Morton (February 21, 1886 – June 13, 1957) was an American
poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...
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Born in
Elkton, Kentucky
Elkton is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Todd County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,062 at the 2010 census.
History
The city was founded by Major John Gray and established by the state assembly in 1820. It is ...
, he graduated from
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...
in 1909.
Morton played on the varsity football team. After a decade of newspaper work, starting at the Louisville ''Courier-Journal'', he became a teacher in the high school at
. Beginning in 1924, he taught at
Amherst College
Amherst College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher educatio ...
.
His work appeared in ''Harper's Magazine.'' He is noted for having written a fan letter to
Dashiell Hammett
Samuel Dashiell Hammett (; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade ('' ...
.
Awards
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Golden Rose Award
The Golden Rose Award, one of America’s oldest literary prizes, was inaugurated in 1919.
The rose was modeled after the Gold Rose which is now in the Cluny Museum in Paris. ThNew England Poetry Clubawards the Rose annually for American poetry. ...
* National Arts Club Prize
Works
Poetry
"The Kings Are Passing Deathward", ''Poetry X''*
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Nocturnes and Autumnals 1928 publisher Knickerbocker Press
Criticism
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Editor
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Anthologies
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References
Sources
The Kentucky Encyclopedia
External links
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1886 births
1957 deaths
People from Elkton, Kentucky
American male poets
Vanderbilt University alumni
Amherst College faculty
Vanderbilt Commodores football players
20th-century American poets
20th-century American male writers