Lew
Sarett
Born:
05/16/1888
Chicago,
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Died: 08/17/1954
Parents: Rudolph Sarett, Jeanette Sarett
Spouse: Nargaret (1st), Juliet (2nd), Alma (3rd)
Children: Lewis, Helen Stockdale
Died: 08/17/1954
Parents: Rudolph Sarett, Jeanette Sarett
Spouse: Nargaret (1st), Juliet (2nd), Alma (3rd)
Children: Lewis, Helen Stockdale
Writings
| Image | Title | Genre | Audience | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Covenant with earth; a selection from the poetry of Lew Sarett, including six poems not previously published. With a foreword by Carl Sandburg - Selected and arranged by Alma Johnson Sarett. |
Poetry | Adult | Gainesville, University of Florida Press | 1956 | |
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Speech: a High School Course - With James H. McBurney (Publication Years: 1943, 1947, 1951, 1956) |
Non Fiction | Teen | Houghton Mifflin | 1943 | |
| Collected Poems | Poetry | Adult | Holt | 1941 | |
| Modern Speeches on Basic Issues | Non Fiction | Adult | Houghton Mifflin | 1939 | |
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Basic Principles of Speech - With W. T. Foster (Publication Years: 1936, 1946, 1958, 1966) |
Non Fiction | Adult | Houghton Mifflin | 1936 | |
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Personal power through speech - Co-author: William T. Foster |
Non Fiction | Adult | Houghton Mifflin company | 1936 | |
| Wings Against the Moon | Poetry | Adult | Holt | 1931 | |
| Slow Smoke | Poetry | Adult | Holt | 1925 | |
| The Box of God | Poetry | Adult | Holt | 1922 | |
| Many many moons; a book of wilderness poems, by Lew Sarett; with an introduction by Carl Sandburg. | Poetry | Adult | Holt | 1920 |
What is the aim or goal of your writing:
" At an early age, he moved to Marquette, Michigan where he learned a good deal about the woods." At 12, he and his mother moved back to Chicago, where he supported her and himself by a variety of menial jobs. This time of frustration heightened his feeling for poetry and nature. During high school in Benton Harbor, he spent all his free time in the woods. 2nd ed. says, "A few of us set out to devote our lives to re-creating for others the beauty of wild Amerca; to writing much and to speaking much of American backwoods and frontiers, of wolves and deer and bear, of loggers and voyageurs and Indians. I have written about these simplefolk of earth because I have lived with them, I know, I find pleasure in their companionship, and my spirit belongs to them. If these poems, therefore, convey to others a slight measure of the wild beauty of America, of her mountain ways and forest life, and if in some degree it gives others pleasure, I shall be glad. If it does not thus succeed--it was Walter Savage Landor who said, "There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.'" Said about him "even though Lew was born in Chicago and lived most of his life in Illinois, he thought of Michigan as his home state."
May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No
Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No
Skills:
Author
Poet
Awards:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Lew Sarett Wildlife Sanctuary and Nature Center, Benton Harbor, Michigan | 1965 |
| Lew Sarett Collection, Library Archives, Northwestern University | 1956 |
| Honorary L.H. D., Beloit College | 1945 |
| Chicago Foundation for Literature Award | 1934 |
| Honorary Litt. D., Baylor University | 1926 |
| Poetry Society of America Award for "Slow Smoke" | 1925 |
| Helen Haire Levinson Prize | 1921 |
Inclusion in biographical or critical works:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Michigan Authors, 3rd edition | 1993 |
| Michigan Authors, 2nd ed. | 1980 |
| Michigan Poets | 1964 |
| American Authors and Books | |
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Childhood in Poetry - The Childhood in Poetry Collection is part of The John MacKay Shaw Collection housed at Florida State University Library and consists of books, works of art, manuscripts, catalogs and ephemera related to childhood. The collection includes bibliographies, biographies, literature, poetry, and criticism. |
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| Contemporary American Authors | |
| Concise Dictionary of American Literature | |
| Contemporary American Literature | |
| Oxford Companion to American Literature | |
| Reader's Encyclopedia | |
| Twentieth Century Authors | |
| Who Was Who among English and European Authors | |
| Who Was Who among North American Authors | |
| Who Was Who in America |
Education:
| Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Litterary Doctorate (Litt.D.) | Baylor University | Waco, TX | 1926 |
| Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) | University of Illinois | Chicago, IL | 1916 |
| Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) | Beloit College | Beloit, WI | 1911 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | 1911-1912 | |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | 1907-1908 |
Career:
| Position | Organization | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visiting Professor | University of Florida | Gainesville | 1951-1954 |
| Professor | Northwestern University | Evanston, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent | 1920-1953 |
| Professor | University of Illinois | Chicago, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent | 1914-1920 |
| Forest ranger, woodsman, wilderness guide | |||
| Poet, writer, lecturer |
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