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John Jock (nickname) Wilson

Born: 01/08/1898   Choctow
Died: 03/11/1961
Parents: Commodore and Frankie Ellen (Smith) Wilson
Spouse: Laurentia “Lenny” Lyman (1)/remarried twice
Children: Libbyann; William Keene; Lenny Lou and Mary Ellen; Perry (with third wife, Mary Margaret Burnett McGregor Wilson)
Address(es):
Last known address:
Ann Arbor , MI

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
The Dark and the Damp
- Autobiography of the American coal digger and poet. winner of the 1951 Avery Hopwood Award in American Literature 		Biography Adult 1951
The Black Diamonds Poetry Adult Exposition Press 1947
Pan with a Pick Poetry Adult Exposition Press 1930

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Hopwood Award at the University of Michigan for The Dark and the Damp 1951

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Poets with supplement to Michigan Authors 1960 1964

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Graduated University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science and Arts Ann Arbor , MI 1952
- enrolled in the Detroit School of Fine Arts and the Haywood Academy of Fine Arts in Michigan Art School Detroit , MI
- studied surveying Rose Polytechnical School Terre Haute , IN

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
registered civil engineer and surveyor Vigo County , IN 1922
- Reenlisted in 1919 United States Marine Corps 1917

Other Resources:

MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search/a?searchtype=X&searcharg=john+minnich+wilson&SORT=D&submit.x=33&submit.y=10

http://coalminerspoet.blogspot.com/

Other Comments:

Known nationwide as “the Coal Miners Poet”.

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