Henry Rago (1915–1969) was a

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, educator, and editor.

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Rago was editor of ''

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'' for 14 years from 1955-1969. He was also a Professor of Theology and Literature at the

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jointly in the Divinity School and in the New Collegiate Division. His seminars and research explored the relations between poetry and religion, among other interdisciplinary concerns. He was co-chairman of the program in the History and Philosophy of Religion in the New Collegiate Division. He died at age 53 on May 26, 1969 in Chicago. Rago had, just that year, resigned his editorship at ''Poetry'' to take a year of lecturing and writing on a grant from the

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to be followed by a full time position at the University of Chicago. He was at work on a book titled ''The Vocation of Poetry''. His poems were widely published in magazines and newspapers during his lifetime, beginning at age 16 in ''Poetry Magazine''. His book of poems, ''A Sky of Late Summer'', was published by Macmillan in 1963.

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writes: He has recorded poems for the archives of the

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and for the

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among the many places throughout the world he lectured on literature and philosophy, and read his poems.Henry Rago -Poet and Professor, Editor of Poetry Magazine
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Juliet Rago
and had four children.

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