Helen Lyman commonly known as Helen Hoyt or Helen Hoyt Lyman (January 22, 1887 – August 2, 1972) was an American

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Biography

She was born as Helen Hoyt in

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on January 22, 1887, to Gould and Georgiana (Baird) Hoyt. Helen Hoyt attended Miss Baird's School for Girls in Norwalk, Connecticut, which was owned by her aunt, Cornelia F. Baird. She later was educated at

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, where she received an A. B. in 1909. In 1921, she married fellow poet William Whittingham Lyman Jr, and so also became known either as Mrs. W.W. Lyman or Helen Hoyt Lyman. Early in her career, Hoyt was an Associate Editor of the journal ''

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'', and also had numerous articles and poems published within the magazine from 1913 to 1936. She also edited the September 1916 edition of '' Others: A Magazine of the New Verse'', the woman's number. Other magazines to publish her work include ''

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'' and ''

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''. Aside from her own collections, her work was also published in notable anthologies of her times, including ''The New Poetry: An Anthology'' (1917), ''The Second Book of Modern Verse'' (1920), ''Silver Pennies: Modern Poems for Boys and Girls'' (1925), ''May Days'' (1926), and ''The Best Poems of 1931''. Her poems include ''Ellis Park'', ''Memory'', ''Lamp Posts'' and ''Rain At Night''. In 1932, she wrote the foreword to ''California Poets: An Anthology of 244 Contemporaries,'' ouse of Henry Harrison, editors She was a contemporary of

Marianne Moore Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit. Early life Moore was born in Kirkwood, ...

and

Mina Loy Mina Loy (born Mina Gertrude Löwy; 27 December 1882 – 25 September 1966) was a British-born artist, writer, poet, playwright, novelist, painter, designer of lamps, and bohemian. She was one of the last of the first-generation modernists to ...

, among others. She was known to entertain correspondence with Idella Purnell Stone and

Clark Ashton Smith Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893 – August 14, 1961) was an American writer and artist. He achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling, for traditional verse in the vein of Algernon Charles Swinburne ...

Publications

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Quotation

"At present most of what we know, or think we know, of women has been found out by men,
we have yet to hear what woman will tell of herself, and where can she tell more intimately than in poetry?"

'' Others: A Magazine of the New Verse'' in 1916

References

External links

The New Poetry: An Anthology at Bartleby.com
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoyt, Helen 1887 births 1972 deaths Writers from Norwalk, Connecticut American women poets 20th-century American poets 20th-century American women writers Barnard College alumni