I lived from 1886-1958.
I was from the United States, and am in the Americas category.
Zoe Akins, was born in Humansville, Missouri on October 30, 1886. She was educated at home, at Monticello Seminary in Godfrey, Illinois, and at Hosmer Hall in St. Louis. For many years, Zoe lived in St. Louis where she wrote poetry and criticism for Reedy's Mirror. Later she contributed to leading magazines. She was married to Captain Hugo C. L. Rumbold on March 13, 1932.
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Zoe's first stepp into the dramatic field was in 1914 with "Papa." A sophisticated comedy, it was considered to be too liberal for that day. She followed this with "The Magical City" and Declassee," the latter achieving a measure of success. Her efforts during the 1920s did not quite measure up to the expectations of the audiences, but when "The Greeks Had a Word For It" was produced in 1929-1930, it brought her deserved recognition as a popular dramatist.Zoe Akins' greatest achievement in the writing field came when she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1935 for her dramatization of Edith Wharton's story, The Old Maid.
Other plays written by Akins include: "Foot-Loose," "Daddy's Gone A-Hunting," "The Little Miracle," and "The Love Duel." She also authored many screenplays, two volumes of poetry Interpretations, and The Hills Grow Smaller, and a novel, Forever Young. She died in 1958."
Biography details - thanks to PAL: Perspectives in American Literature
My poetry
I am the wind that wavers,
You are the certain land;
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A storm is riding on the tide;
Grey is the day and grey the tide,
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The ships are lying in the bay,
The gulls are swinging round their spars;
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O pale! O vivid! dear!
O disillusioned eyes
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The ferries ply like shuttles in a loom,
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I knew his house by the poplar-trees,
Green and silvery in the breeze;
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