Leonora Speyer (1872–1956)
Author of Fiddler's Farewell
About the Author
Works by Leonora Speyer
Naked heel 4 copies
American poets : an anthology of contemporary verse — Contributor — 4 copies
Slow Wall (Poems, New and Selected) 2 copies
Associated Works
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume One: Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker (2000) — Contributor — 479 copies, 1 review
Poems Bewitched and Haunted (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series) (2005) — Contributor — 230 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Speyer, Leonora
- Legal name
- Speyer, Leonora von Stosch
- Birthdate
- 1872-11-07
- Date of death
- 1956-02-10
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- poet
violinist - Awards and honors
- Golden Rose Trophy, New England Poetry Club
- Relationships
- Schayer, Julia (mother)
Schayer, Richard (half-brother) - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
- Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
Members
Reviews
Rather uncanny poems in a style sometimes derived from traditional ballads.My favorite is "Witch" about a throughly unrepentant witch "Ashes of me, whirl in the fires I may not name/Lick, lovely flame1"
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Statistics
- Works
- 6
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 25
- Popularity
- #508,560
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 2