Harriet Monroe

Harriet Monroe
Monroe in 1920
Monroe in 1920
BornDecember 23, 1860
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedSeptember 26, 1936(1936-09-26) (aged 75)
Arequipa, Peru
OccupationEditor of Poetry magazine
LanguageEnglish
EducationGeorgetown Visitation Preparatory School
RelativesJohn Wellborn Root (brother-in-law)

Harriet Monroe (December 23, 1860 – September 26, 1936) was an American editor, scholar, literary critic, poet, and patron of the arts. She was the founding publisher and long-time editor of Poetry magazine, which she established in 1912. As a supporter of the poets Wallace Stevens, Ezra Pound, H. D., T. S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Carl Sandburg, Max Michelson and others, Monroe played an important role in the development of modern poetry. Her correspondence with early twentieth century poets provides a wealth of information on their thoughts and motives.


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