Книга: Cale Young Rice «Porzia»

Cale Young Rice

Cale Young Rice (December 11, 1872 – January 24, 1943) was an American poet and dramatist.

He was born in Dixon, Kentucky to Laban Marchbanks Rice, a Confederate veteran and tobacco merchant, and his wife Martha Lacy. He was a younger brother of Laban Lacy Rice, a noted educator. Cale Rice grew up in Evansville, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky. He was educated at Cumberland University and at Harvard (A.B., 1895; A.M., 1896).

He was married to the popular author Alice Hegan Rice; they worked together on several books. The marriages was childless, and Cale committed suicide at his home in Louisville a year after her death due to his sorrow at losing her.

Cale Rice's poems were collected and published in a single volume by his brother, Laban Lacy Rice.

His birthplace in Dixon is designated by Kentucky State Historical Marker 1508.

Earlier works

Verse

* "From Dusk to Dusk" (1898)
* "With Omar" (1900)
* "Song Surf" (1900)
* "Nirvana Days" (1908)
* "Many Gods" (1910)
* "At the World's Heart" (1914)

Plays

* "Charles di Tocca" (1903)
* "Yolanda of Cypress" (1906)
* "A Night in Avignon" (1907)
* "The Immortal Lure" (1911)
* "Porzia" (1913)

Collection

* "Collected Plays and Poems" (two volumes, 1915)

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Источник: Cale Young Rice