Nationality American Name Hollis Summers | Role Poet | |
Occupation novelist, poet, short story writer and editor Died November 14, 1987, Athens, Ohio, United States Books Sit opposite each other, The walks near Athens | ||
Trailer for "Foot Faults: Tennis Poems" by Roger Sedarat
Hollis S. Summers, Jr. (June 21, 1916 – November 14, 1987) was an American poet, novelist, short story writer and editor.
Contents
- Trailer for Foot Faults Tennis Poems by Roger Sedarat
- Background and education
- Academic career
- References
Background and education
Born on June 21, 1916, in Eminence, Kentucky, Summers earned an A.B in English from Georgetown College in 1937, an M.A. from Middlebury College in 1943 and a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1949.
Academic career
Summers worked in a variety of educational settings. From 1937 to 1944, he taught as an English teacher at Holmes High School in Covington, Kentucky. From 1944 to 1949, Summers worked at Georgetown College. And from 1949 to 1959, he served as Professor of English at the University of Kentucky. Summer spent the majority of his academic career at Ohio University where he worked from 1959 until his retirement.
References
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