William Stanley Braithwaite

William Stanley Braithwaite

William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite was a writer, poet and literary critic, born on Dec. 6, 1878 in Boston, Mass.

At the age of 12, upon the death of his father, Braithwaite was forced to quit school to support his family. At age 15 he apprenticed to a typesetter for the Boston publisher, Ginn & Co., where he discovered an affinity for lyric poetry and begun to write his own poems.

From 1906 to 1929 he contributed to the Boston Evening Transcript, eventually becoming its literary editor. He also wrote articles, reviews and poetry for many other periodicals and journals, including Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times, and the New Republic

In 1918 he was awarded the Spingarn Medal by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

In 1935, Braithwaite assumed a professorship of creative literature at Atlanta University.

In 1946 he, his wife, Emma Kelly, and their seven children moved to Sugar Hill, a neighbourhood in Harlem, New York, where Braithwaite continued to write and publish poetry, essays and anthologies. He died in Harlem on June 8, 1962.

William Stanley Braithwaite published three volumes of his own poetry:
*"Lyrics of Life and Love", 1904,
*"The House of Falling Leaves", 1908
*"Selected Poems", 1948.

References

* [http://www.hometoharlem.com/Harlem/hthcult.nsf/notables/williamstanleybraithwaite Home to Harlem website, article on Braithwaite]

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