Jack
Conroy
Born:
12/05/1898
Moberly
,
MO
Died: 02/28/1990
Parents: Thomas E. and Elizabeth Jane Conroy
Died: 02/28/1990
Parents: Thomas E. and Elizabeth Jane Conroy
Writings
| Image | Title | Genre | Audience | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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A World to Win - Introduction by Douglas Wixson |
Non Fiction | University of Illinois Press | 2000 | ||
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Worker-Writer in America - Biography by Douglas Wixson |
Non Fiction | University of Illinois Press | 1994 | ||
| Weed King & Other Stories | Fiction | L. Hill | 1985 | ||
| Jack Conroy Reader | Adult | B. Franklin | 1980 | ||
|
Writers in Revolt : The Anvil Anthology - Editor with Curt Johnson |
Fiction | Hill | 1973 | ||
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Any Place But Here - Expanded version of They Seek A City |
Children | Hill & Wang | 1966 | ||
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Sam Patch, The High, Wide and Handome Jumper - Co-Author with Arna Bontemps |
Children | Houghton-Mifflen | 1951 | ||
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Midland Humor : A Harvest of Fun and Folklore - Editor |
Fiction | Current Bks | 1947 | ||
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Slappy Hooper, The Wonderful Sign Painter - Co-Author with Arna Bontemps |
Children | Houghton-Mifflin | 1946 | ||
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They Seek a City - Co-Author with Arna Bontemps about migrant workers |
Non Fiction | Doubleday | 1945 | ||
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The Fast Sooner Hound - Co-Author with Arna Bontemps |
Children | Houghton-Mifflin | 1942 | ||
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A World to Win - A novel about migrant workers |
Fiction | Covici, Friede Publishers | 1935 | ||
| The Disinherited : a novel of the 1930s | Fiction | Hill & Wang | 1933 | ||
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Unrest : The Rebel Poets Anthology - Editor with Ralph Cheyney |
Poetry | Arthur Stockwell, Ltd., Braithwaite and Miller, Ltd., Harrison | 1929 |
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Skills:
Author
Awards:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Literary Michigan by The Michigan Council for the Humanities | 1988 |
| Society of Midland Authors Award for Lifetime Achievement | 1986 |
| City of Moberly, Jack Conroy Day, May 22 | 1985 |
| Recognition by the Missouri Senate | 1984 |
| Mark Twain Award, Society of Midwestern Literature | 1980 |
| National Endowment for the Arts, Artist's grant | 1978 |
| Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Missouri at Kansas City | 1975 |
| Missouri Literary Association, Literary Award | 1969 |
| Literary Times Award, State of Illinois | 1967 |
| Society of Midland Authors James L. Dow Award for Anyplace But Here | 1967 |
| Guggenheim Award | 1935 |
| Rabinowitz grant to write his autobiography | |
| Lifetime Membership, Missouri Folklore Society | |
| "A True Friend of Working People", Central Missouri Labor Council, AFL-CIO and all the working men and women of Mid Missouri |
Education:
| Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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Attended
- Left because he refused to join the ROTC |
University of Missouri-Columbia | Columbia , MO |
Career:
| Position | Organization | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lecturer at Universities
- Also began his autobiography |
Moberly , MO | 1966 | |
| Senior Editor | The New Standard Encyclopedia | Chicago | 1946 -1966 |
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Collected industrial folklore
- Assigned to Black history project with Arna Bontemps |
Federal Writers Project | 1939 | |
| Editor with Nelson Algren | The New Anvil | Chicago | 1939 |
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Founder and Editor
- The most succesful proletarian literary magazine of its time |
The Anvil | 1935 -1936 | |
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Editor
- Rebel Poets were a group associated with the Industrial Workers of America |
The Rebel Poet | 1931 -1932 | |
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Various factory jobs
- 1920s |
Des MoinesDetroit,Toledo |
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