Eunice Tietjens (July 29, 1884 – September 6, 1944) was an American poet, novelist, journalist, children's author, lecturer, and editor.

Early years and education

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on July 29, 1884. She was educated in Europe and traveled extensively. She lived in

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, Japan, China, Tahiti and

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, among other places.

Career

Tietjens was a

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correspondent for the ''

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'' in France, in 1917 and 1918. Her poems had already begun to be published in '' Poetry: A Magazine of Verse'', the noted poetry magazine, around 1913. She later became publisher

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's associate editor there for more than twenty-five years. Tietjens was considered a more patient and generous editor, whose style contrasted sharply with that of Monroe, who was not known to treat would-be contributors with "kid gloves". One collection of stories, ''Burton Holmes Travel Stories: Japan, Korea and Formosa'' (1924) contains lively descriptions of East Asian countries. By contemporary standards, the stories seem provincial and quaintly Eurocentric. The stories contain descriptions of nationalities and ethnicities that can be understood to be racist. Here's an excerpt: Tietjens was also a contributing editor for the ''

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Personal life

Her first husband was

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, whom she married in Paris in 1904"Art Student Weds Composer"
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). May 24, 1904. Retrieved July 19, 2016. and by whom she had two daughters, Idea and Janet. They divorced in 1914 in the aftermath of Idea's death, and she remarried in 1920 to

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, playwright and theatrical director, by whom she had a son, Marshall Head. She died in 1944 in her hometown of

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, aged 60 from

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''. September 18, 1944. Her papers may be found at:

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, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.

Poems

*''Old Friendship'' *''The Steam Shovel'' *''Presence of Eternity'' *''The Great Man'' *''The Most Sacred Mountain'' *''The Drug Clerk'' *''The Bacchante to Her Babe''

References

External links

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Intimate Circles , Eunice Tietjens
at highway49.library.yale.edu
Eunice Tietjens at Old Poetry
at oldpoetry.com

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Enuice Tietjens papers--additions
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