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Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950)

Author of Spoon River Anthology

Includes the names: E.L. Masters, Edgar Masters, E. Lee Masters, E. Lee Masters, Edgar L. Masters, Edgar Lee Master, Edger Lee Masters, Edgar Lee Masters, Edgar Lee Masters, Edgar Lee Masters; Introduction-Willis Barnstone ... (see complete list), May (introduc Edgar Lee (author); Swenson Masters

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Masters, Edgar Lee
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Date of birth
1868-08-23
Date of death
1950-03-05
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Oakland Cemetery, Petersburg, Menard Counry, Illinois, USA
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
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Place of death
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Garnett, Kansas, USA (birth)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (death)
New Salem, Illinois, USA
Education
Occupations
poet
novelist
biographer
autobiographer
playwright
Relationships
Masters, Dexter (nephew)
Masters, Hilary (son)
Organizations
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1918)
Awards and honors
Frost Medal (1942)
Shelley Memorial Award (1943/1944)
Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets (1946)
Mark Twain Silver Medal, 1936
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1942)
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