Ridgely Torrence

Frederic Ridgely Torrence (November 27, 1874 – December 25, 1950) was an American poet and editor. He received the Shelley Memorial Award in 1942 and the Academy of American Poets' Fellowship in 1947.

Early life and education

Born on November 27, 1874, in Xenia, Ohio, (His father's name is also expressed as Findley David Torrences.)

He had tutors while he was growing up

Poet and playwright During his early year in New York, he became part of a circle of poets that included E. A. Robinson, William Vaughn Moody, and Robert Frost. In 1900, he published The House of a Hundred Lights,

The verse plays, showing the influence of John Millington Synge, showed realistic portrayals of African Americans, and a revolt against their station in society. While his verse dramas were published as books, they were not produced as plays. His work was noteworthy in its blending of compassion and strength. In 1938, he was poet in residence at Antioch College and in 1941 to 1942, he was Fellow in Creative Writing at Miami University. He organized the National Survey of the Negro Theater (1939), for the Rockefeller Foundation. The posthumous book Poems, of Torrence's selected poetry, was published in 1952. He chose works that reflected his values, compassion for others, sense of injustice among people, and a faith in mankind. who was a magazine writer, novelist, and reporter for the New York World. They lived at Washington Square in Lower Manhattan.

Torrence died on December 25, 1950, in New York City. His papers are held at Princeton. Olivia died on January 6, 1953.

Works

Poetry

Theater

Anthologies

Non-fiction