Gilbert Maxwell
Gilbert Maxwell (February 13, 1910-November 1979) was a poet, New York actor, and author.
Gilbert Maxwell
- Name
- Gilbert Maxwell
- Born
- 1910 · New York City.
- Died
- 1979
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- writer · poet
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Gilbert Maxwell (February 13, 1910-November 1979) was a poet, New York actor, and author.
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Gilbert Maxwell (1910–1979) was an American poet and writer. The poet was born in New York City.
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• Name — Gilbert Maxwell • Genre — Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Maxwell published poetry in Poetry magazine between 1933 and 1937. These included his poems Mortality, Boy and Hawk, Farewell, From a Piazza in the South, Symbol for Static Grief, and Forfeits. Transcripts of his poems are located in the archives of the University of Florida.
Final years
Final years
Gilbert spent his final years in Florida and died in North Miami Beach, Florida, in November 1979.
Books
Gilbert, who was a friend of Tennessee Williams, wrote several books, including Tennessee Williams and Friends: an Informal Biography (1965) and Helen Morgan: Her Life and Legend New York: Hawthorn Books... (1974).
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- Look to the Lightning. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1933. (Poetry)
- Stranger's Garment. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1936. (Poetry)
- The Dark Rain Falling. Prairie City, IL: Press of James A. Decker, 1942. (Poetry)
- The Sleeping Trees. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1949. (Fiction)
- Go Looking: Poems, 1933-1953. Boston: Bruce Humphries, 1954. (Poetry)
- Tennessee Williams and Friends. New York: The World Publishing Company, 1965. (Biography).
- Helen Morgan: Her Life and Legend. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1974. (Biography)
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