Merrill Moore

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Merrill Moore
Born	September 11, 1903(1903-09-11) Columbia, Tennessee
Died	September 20, 1957 (aged 54)
Occupation	Poet

Merrill Moore (1903 – 1957) was an American M.D., psychiatrist and poet. Moore attended Vanderbilt University, where he was a member of the Fugitives, a group of poets and literary scholars. Moore authored over 50,000 sonnets. Some of his books were illustrated by Edward Gorey.

[edit] Published works

• Clinical Sonnets. New York: Twayne Publishers. 1949.
• Illegitimate Sonnets. New York: Twayne Publishers. 1950. Inside covers include illustrations by Edward Gorey.
• Case-Record from a Sonnetorium. New York: Twayne Publishers. 1951. Illustrated by Edward Gorey, additional text by John Crowe Ransom, William Carlos Williams and others.
• Clinical Sonnets. Illustrated ed. New York: Twayne Publishers. 1953. Illustrated by Edward Gorey.
• More Clinical Sonnets. New York: Twayne Publishers. 1953. Illustrated by Edward Gorey
• The Verse Diary of a Psychiatrist. 1954.
• A Doctor's Book of Hours. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas. 1955.
• The Hill of Venus. New York: Twayne Publishers. 1957.
• The Phoenix and the Bees. Baltimore: Contemporary Poetry. 1959.

[edit] References

• Wells, Henry W. Poet and Psychiatrist Merrill Moore M.D. New York: Twayne, 1955.

[edit] External links

• Short biography, including published works
• Longer biography by William W. Applegarth
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center Biography
• Four sonnets by Merrill Moore at Ted Nellen's Cyber English site
• William Carlos Williams praising Merrill Moore's sonnets in a letter to James Laughlin, January 23, 1938

Persondata
NAME	Moore, Merrill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Poet
DATE OF BIRTH	September 11, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH	Columbia, Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH	September 20, 1957
PLACE OF DEATH