Grace Conkling
Grace Walcott Hazard Conkling (February 7, 1878 – November 15, 1958) was an American author, a poet and an English professor.
Grace Walcott Hazard Conkling | |
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 Grace Walcott Hazard Conkling | |
| Born | Grace Walcott Hazard February 7, 1878 |
| Died | November 15, 1958 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, English Professor |
| Spouse | Roscoe Platt Conkling |
| Children | Hilda Conkling Elsa Kruuse |
Background
Grace Walcott Hazard was born in New York City on February 7, 1878. She earned a bachelor of letters degree at Smith College and then taught at the Graham School in New York. Hazard moved to France to study music, but she became ill and returned to the United States.
In 1905, Hazard married Roscoe Platt Conkling, and they lived on a ranch in Mexico.[1] Conkling had two daughters, Hilda and Elsa. She died at the age of 80 on November 15, 1958.[2]
Career
In 1914, Hazard taught English at Smith College where she remained till she retired in 1947. She was a trustee of the Cummington School of the Arts, run by her colleague Katherine Frazier in western Massachusetts.[3]
Conkling attracted wide attention as the teacher of her little daughter, Hilda Conkling, whose Poems by a Little Girl (1920) displayed great ability at an early age. Grace copied down her daughter's poems as they were spoken, which is the only record that exists of Hilda's work.[4]
Writings
Her collected volumes of verse include:
- Afternoons of April (1915)
- Wilderness Songs (1920)
- Flying Fish: A Book of Songs and Sonnets (1926)
- Witch and Other Poems (1929)
References
- "Grace Hazard Conkling: 1878–1958". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- (1958) "Rites for Mrs.,Grace Conkling." New York Times
- Spiegelman, Willard (2023-02-28). Nothing Stays Put: The Life and Poetry of Amy Clampitt. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-525-65827-6.
- Sapir, Edward, Conkling, Grace Hazard, and Driscoll, Louise (1919). "Concerning Hilda Conkling." The Poetry Foundation
External links
- Grace Hazard Conkling papers at the Smith College Archives, Smith College Special Collections
- "Grace Hazard Conkling: 1878–1958". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- Works by or about Grace Conkling at Internet Archive
- Works by Grace Conkling at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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