Genre poetry Education College | Ethnicity Jewish Nationality American Name Hannah Kahn | |
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Died February 1988Miami, Florida | ||
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Hannah Kahn (1911–1988) was an American poet, born in New York City, and subsequently a longtime resident of Miami, Florida. She was known especially for her inspirational poem “Ride a Wild Horse.”
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- Hannah kahn dance company over under around and through 1
- Woodbourne and The Game by Hannah Kahn
- Books of poetry
- Individual poems
- Awards
- Editor and teacher
- The Hannah Kahn Poetry Foundation
- Hannah Kahn Poetry Award
- Archives
- References
"Woodbourne" and "The Game" by Hannah Kahn
Books of poetry
Hannah Kahn published two books of poetry, dedicating the first to her late husband Frank:
Hannah was also co-editor of:
Individual poems
Hannah authored over 400 individual poems. Her poems were published in a number of American periodicals including American Scholar, Harper's Magazine, Saturday Review, Southwest Review, Ladies’ Home Journal, McCall's, and Saturday Evening Post.
She was also responsible for translating from Yiddish to English much of the poetry of Rajzel Żychlińsky.
Awards
Hannah received numerous awards for her poetry at both the national and local levels. Her major awards include those from the Poetry Society of America and the Poetry Society of Great Britain, where she won the International Sonnet Competition. Her poems appear in a number of anthologies.
Editor and teacher
Hannah Kahn was poetry editor at The Miami Herald for fifteen years. She remained actively involved in advancing poetry in the South Florida area and conducted workshops in poetry.
The Hannah Kahn Poetry Foundation
The Hannah Kahn Poetry Foundation was founded in her honor with its charter to “bring poetry events to South Florida.” Hannah had been successful in bringing national poets, such as Anthony Hecht, Gwendolyn Brooks, Yehuda Amichai, Dana Gioia, Maxine Kumin, John Haag, Carolyn Kizer and others to read and lecture in South Florida, and the foundation continues that effort.
Hannah Kahn Poetry Award
The Hannah Kahn Poetry Award is presented through the Florida State Poetry Association.
Archives
A collection of transcripts of poetry readings by Hannah Kahn is located at the George A. Smathers Libraries Special Collection archives of the University of Florida. Her papers, including correspondence with Conrad Aiken, Pearl S. Buck, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and others, are located in the archives of the University of Florida.