Author:Louis Untermeyer

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Louis Untermeyer
(1885–1977)

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American author, poet, anthologist, and editor. United States Poet Laureate for 1961 to 1963.

Works

First love, a lyric sequence, 1911 external scan
Challenge, 1914 external scan
"—and Other Poets,", 1916 external scan
These times, 1917 external scan
Including Horace, 1919 external scan
The new era in American poetry, 1919 external scan
The new Adam, 1920 external scan
Heavens, 1922 external scan
Lives Of The Poets, 1923 external scan

Anthologies

Modern American Poetry (1919) (6th edition, 1942)
Modern British Poetry (1920) (5th edition, 1942)
Modern American and British Poetry (1919)
Yesterday and Today (1926)
New Songs for New Voices (1928), with Clara and David Mannes, illustrated by Peggy Bacon
A Treasury of Great Poems (1942, 1955)
The Golden Treasury of Poetry (1959), illustrated by Joan Walsh Anglund
Story Poems (1946, 1972)
Early American Poets (1952)
An Uninhibited Treasury of Erotic Poetry (1963)
A Galaxy of Verse (1978)
Men and Women: the Poetry of Love (1970), illustrated by Robert J. Lee
Collins Albatross Book of Verse (1933, 1960)
Stars To Steer By (1941)
Lots of Limericks (1961), illustrated by R. Taylor
The Book of Living Verse (1932,1945)
Rainbow in the Sky (1935), illustrated by Reginald Birch
A Treasury of Laughter (1946)
An Anthology of New England Poets (1948)
The Best Humor of 1949-1950 (with Ralph E. Shikes, 1950)
The Best Humor Annual (with Ralph E. Shikes, 1951)
The Best Humor Annual (with Ralph E. Shikes, 1952)
The Magic Circle (1952)
A Treasury of Ribaldry (1956)
Big and Little Creatures (1961), with Bryna Ivens Untermeyer
Beloved Tales (1962), with Bryna Ivens Untermeyer
Old Friends and Lasting favorites (1962), with Bryna Ivens Untermeyer
Fun and Fancy (1962), with Bryna Ivens Untermeyer
Creatures Wild and Tame (1963), with Bryna Ivens Untermeyer
The Golden Book of Poems for the Very Young (1971)
A Treasury of Great Humor (1972)

Poetry

Burning Bush
"Caliban in the Coal Mines" in Poems for Workers: An Anthology (1925)
Challenge
Coal Fire
Disenchanted
First Love
Last Words Before Winter
Leviathan
Long Feud
Portrait Of A Machine
Questions At Night
Scarcely Spring
Summer Storm
Thanks
The New Adam
These Times

Parodies

— And Other Poets (1916) (external scan)
Including Horace (1919) (external scan)
Heavens (1922) (external scan)
Collected Parodies (1926)

Biography

Heinrich Heine: Paradox and Poet (1937)
Makers of the Modern World (with John Moore, 1955)
Makers of the Modern World selections, Japanese translation (1971)

Autobiography

From Another World (1935)
Bygones (1965)

Fiction

Moses (1923)
The Fat of the Cat and Other Stories (19??)
The Donkey of God and Other Stories (1932)
The Kitten Who Barked (1962), illustrated by Lilian Obligado
The Second Christmas (1964), illustrated by Louis Marak
Cat O' Nine Tales (1971), illustrated by Lawrence DiFiori

Adaptations, Translations

Poems of Heinrich Heine (19??)
The Wonderful Adventures of Paul Bunyan (1946), illustrated by Everett Gee Jackson
More French Fairy Tales (1946), illustrated by Gustave Doré
Cyrano de Bergerac (1954), illustrated by Pierre Brissaud
Aesop's Fables (1965), illustrated by A. and M. Provensen
Songs of Joy from the Book of Psalms (1967), illustrated by Joan Berg Victor
Tales from the Ballet (1968), illustrated by A. and M. Provensen
A Time for Peace (1969), illustrated by Joan Berg Victor
The World's Great Stories (1964)
The Firebringer (1968)
Lines to a Pomeranian Puppy Valued at $3500 (1950), musical adaptation of Untermeyer poem by Irving Ravin

Essays

American Poetry Since 1900 (19??)
The Forms Of Poetry (1926)
Play in Poetry (1938)
Doorways to Poetry (1938)
The Lowest Form of Wit (1947)
The Pursuit of Poetry (1969)

Critical Collections

The Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1943)
The Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (1949)
The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer (1963)
The Love Poems of Elizabeth and Robert Browning (1994)
The Love Poems of Robert Herrick and John Donne (1948)

Contributing Editor

The Liberator

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.

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