E. L. Mayo
Edward Leslie Mayo (born July 26, 1904, Dorchester, Massachusetts – December 1979, Grinnell, Iowa) was an American poet.
Life
He attended schools in Malden, Massachusetts, then Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
For three years thereafter he held miscellaneous jobs as a brush salesman, clerk in a music store, waiter in the Mount Washington Hotel, and wine steward in the Bahamas.
In 1929 he returned to study at the University of Minnesota. He graduated magna cum laude in 1932, taking his M.A. in 1936.
From 1947 Mayo taught at Phillips Academy, Drake University. He was professor of English at Iowa Wesleyan College, and in 1961 received an honorary degree. When Mayo died in 1979, he was survived by his wife, Myra Margaret Buchanan Morton, and children: Mary Elizabeth, Alice Myra Breemer, John Harvey, and grandchildren.[1][2]
He taught Roger Weaver (poet) at the University of Oregon.[3] The American poet and essayist Ben Howard was his student at Drake University, 1962-1964, 1965-1966.
His work appeared in Poetry,[4][5] Poetry Magazine,[6]
Awards
- Payne Prize (1932)
- the Oscar Blumenthal Prize (Poetry, Chicago, 1942)
- Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship (1953–54)
- 1982 American Book Award [7]
Works
Poetry Books
- Summer Unbound, and Other Poems. University of Minnesota Press. 1958. ISBN 978-0-8166-6362-0.
- Collected Poems. Kansas City: Ohio University Press. 1982. ISBN 978-0-8040-0386-5.
- The Diver: Poems. University of Minnesota Press. 1999. ISBN 978-0-8166-0045-8.
Criticism
- "the journal of the National Book League" (291). Jan–Feb 1955.
{{cite journal}}:|chapter=ignored (help); Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Jean C. Stine, Daniel G. Marowski, ed. (Summer 1970). "A Kind of Liberation". Northwest Review. 10.3. Detroit: 115–118.
References
- ^ "E. L. Mayo · Ohio University Press / Swallow Press". Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ "E L Mayo." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2001. Literature Resources from Gale
- ^ WebCite query result
- ^ "October 1967 - Poetry Foundation". Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ "December 1940 - Poetry Magazine". Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ "February 1949 - Poetry Magazine". Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ "AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS 1980-1989 - BOOK HELP WEB". Retrieved 20 September 2016.
