Leah Bodine Drake
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| Born: | 1914 Chanute, Kansas, U.S. |
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| Died: | November 21, 1964 Parkersburg, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Occupation: | poet, writer, editor, critic |
| Nationality: | U.S. |
| Genres: | poetry, Fantasy |
Leah Bodine Drake (1914 – November 21, 1964) was an American poet, editor and critic.
[edit] Biography
Leah Bodine Drake was born in Chanute, Kansas in 1914. She attended Hamilton College for Women and Sayre College. She briefly worked as a Billy Rose dancer in a revue at the Fort Worth, Texas Centenial Exposition. Ms. Drake's poems were published in The New Yorker, The Saturday Evening Post and The Saturday Review. She was also a regular contributor to The Atlantic Monthly. She received many awards from the Poetry Society of America and was also twice a recipient of the Borestone Mountain Poetry Award. Her first book of poetry A Hornbook for Witches was published in 1950.
[edit] References
- Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 56-57. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent, 148.
- "Cancer Kills Leah Drake, Ex-Resident", Evansville Press, 1964-11-23. Retrieved on January 8, 2007. (in English)
