Baker was born in Philadelphia. While pursuing graduate studies in English at Stanford University, he befriended Yvor Winters, and was co-editor of the literary magazine Gyroscope. After earning his master's degree, he moved to Paris to study at the Sorbonne. While there, he married the novelist Dorothy Baker, and met and was influenced by Ernest Hemingway and Ford Madox Ford, who helped him to publish his first work, the autobiographical novel Orange Valley (1931).
After returning to the United States in 1931, he took a position teaching English at Berkeley. From 1937 to 1943, he then taught English at Harvard.
In addition to collaborating with his wife, Baker produced poetry collections of his own, including Letter from the Country (1941) and Ode to the Sea (1954), as well as a collection of essays on ancient Greek culture, Persephone's Cave: Cultural Accumulations of the Early Greeks (1979).
Baker died from cancer in Porterville, California on Wednesday, July 25, 1990.[3]
Referencesedit
^"Howard Wilson Baker," in "Porterville, Calif (AP)," in "Deaths Elsewhere." Jackson, Tennessee: The Jackson Sun, Saturday, July 28, 1990, p. 4.
^"Howard (Wilson) BAKER (Jr)." AuthorandBookInfo.com, retrieved online by prior editor; URL reconfirmed February 23, 2019.
^"Howard Wilson Baker," in "Deaths Elsewhere," The Jackson Sun.
Research resourcesedit
The papers of Dorothy and Howard Baker, 1926-1990 (33 linear ft.) are housed in the at Stanford University Libraries
External linksedit
Dorothy and Howard Baker bios from Stanford
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howard, baker, poet, howard, wilson, baker, april, 1905, july, 1990, american, poet, dramatist, literary, critic, howard, bakerbornapril, 1905philadelphia, pennsylvaniadiedjuly, 1990porterville, californiaoccupationspoet, dramatist, literary, critic, contents,. Howard Wilson Baker Jr April 5 1905 July 25 1990 was an American poet dramatist and literary critic 1 2 Howard BakerBornApril 5 1905Philadelphia PennsylvaniaDiedJuly 25 1990Porterville CaliforniaOccupationsPoet dramatist literary critic Contents 1 Background 2 References 3 Research resources 4 External linksBackground editBaker was born in Philadelphia While pursuing graduate studies in English at Stanford University he befriended Yvor Winters and was co editor of the literary magazine Gyroscope After earning his master s degree he moved to Paris to study at the Sorbonne While there he married the novelist Dorothy Baker and met and was influenced by Ernest Hemingway and Ford Madox Ford who helped him to publish his first work the autobiographical novel Orange Valley 1931 After returning to the United States in 1931 he took a position teaching English at Berkeley From 1937 to 1943 he then taught English at Harvard In addition to collaborating with his wife Baker produced poetry collections of his own including Letter from the Country 1941 and Ode to the Sea 1954 as well as a collection of essays on ancient Greek culture Persephone s Cave Cultural Accumulations of the Early Greeks 1979 Baker died from cancer in Porterville California on Wednesday July 25 1990 3 References edit Howard Wilson Baker in Porterville Calif AP in Deaths Elsewhere Jackson Tennessee The Jackson Sun Saturday July 28 1990 p 4 Howard Wilson BAKER Jr AuthorandBookInfo com retrieved online by prior editor URL reconfirmed February 23 2019 Howard Wilson Baker in Deaths Elsewhere The Jackson Sun Research resources editThe papers of Dorothy and Howard Baker 1926 1990 33 linear ft are housed in the Department of Special Collections and University Archives at Stanford University LibrariesExternal links editDorothy and Howard Baker bios from Stanford nbsp This biographical article about an American poet born between 1900 1909 is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Howard Baker poet amp oldid 1168368192, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
