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Allen Turner Cassity (January 12, 1929 in Jackson, Mississippi – July 26, 2009 in Atlanta)[1] was an American poet, playwright, and short story writer.


Life


He was the son of Dorothy and Allen Cassity, and grew up in Jackson and Forest, Mississippi. He graduated from Millsaps College and Stanford University with a master's degree.[2]

Cassity was drafted into the United States Army and stationed in Puerto Rico from 1952 to 1954.[3] He attended Columbia University on the GI Bill. He worked at the Robert W. Woodruff Library at Emory University, from 1962 to 1991,[4] and also taught poetry there.

He is buried in Forest, Mississippi.[3] His papers are at Emory University.[5]


Awards



Works



Verse plays



Anthologies



Criticism



Ploughshares



References


  1. 'The New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion to Georgia Literature', edited by Hugh Ruppersburg, John C. Inscoe, 2011, page 75
  2. "Turner Cassity, 80, award-winning poet and Emory librarian". Ajc.com. 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  3. "Turner Cassity (1929-2009) | New Georgia Encyclopedia". Georgiaencyclopedia.org. 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  4. David Yezzi. "Turner Cassity". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  5. Archived November 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine





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