Charlotte Wilder (1898-1980) was an American poet and the eldest sister of author Thornton Wilder and Janet Wilder Dakin. A poet exists within a cultural and intellectual tradition and usually writes in a specific language, but the qualities of good poetry are to some extent timeless and address issues common to all humanity. ... Thornton Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American novelist and playwright. ...

She grew up in Berkeley, California and graduated from Berkeley High School (California). She received her B.A in English literature, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Mount Holyoke College in 1919 and her M.A. from Radcliffe College. She taught at Wheaton College and Smith College until 1934 when she became a full time poet. Berkeley as seen from the Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve. ... Berkeley High School, a member of the Berkeley Unified School District, is the only public high school in Berkeley, California. ... The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an honor society which considers its mission to be fostering and recognizing excellence in undergraduate liberal arts and sciences. ... Mount Holyoke College, (founded as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1837), is the oldest liberal arts womens college in the United States. ... Radcliffe College is the historical name of a womens educational institution closely associated with Harvard University. ... Wheaton College is the name of two colleges in the United States: Wheaton College, Illinois Wheaton College, Massachusetts External Links Wheaton College (Illinois) Wheaton College (Massachusetts) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Smith College, located in Northampton, Massachusetts, is the largest womens college in the United States. ...

According to the January 15, 1983 issue of The Nation, Wilder worked on the Federal Writers' Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, during the 1930s. Other writers who worked on this project included Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Claude McKay, David Ignatow, and Maxwell Bodenheim [1]. The Nation is the name of several newspapers, periodicals or magazines in different countries, including: The Nation, an Irish Nationalist newspaper founded by Thomas Davis and Charles Gavan Duffy in the 1840s. ... Poster advertising a Federal Writers Project publication. ... WPA Graphic The Works Progress Administration (later Works Projects Administration, abbreviated WPA), was created in May 1935 by Presidential order (Congress did not set it up). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Richard Wright is the name of several people, including: Richard Wright, African-American author Richard B. Wright, Canadian author Richard Wright, keyboard player with Pink Floyd Richard Wright, England football goalkeeper Richard Wright, American politician This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise... Ralph Ellison (March 1, 1913 – April 16, 1994, [1]) was an African American scholar and writer. ... Claude McKay. ... David Ignatow was born in Brooklyn on February 7, 1914, and spent most of his life in the New York City area. ... Maxwell Bodenheim (May 26, 1891 – February 6, 1954) was an American poet and novelist. ...

She suffered from a nervous breakdown in 1941, the repercussions of which lasted until her death in 1980.

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The Nation

• Loew's Sheridan, Volume 146, Issue 0025, June 18, 1938
• Isolation, Volume 138, Issue 3594, May 23, 1934
• Sculptured, Volume 138, Issue 3577, January 24, 1934

The Nation is the name of several newspapers, periodicals or magazines in different countries, including: The Nation, an Irish Nationalist newspaper founded by Thomas Davis and Charles Gavan Duffy in the 1840s. ...

Poetry Magazine

• The Last Hour, Volume 24, July 1924, Page 200
• Of Persons Not Alive, Volume 39, March 1932, Page 303
• City Streets, Volume 47, January 1936, Page 198
• To Beauty, Volume 47, January 1936, Page 198
• Sanctuary, Volume 52, July 1938, Page 202 [2]
• Mortal Sequence, Volume 55, January 1940, Page 217 (see Daly, James) [3].

Poetry, published in Chicago, Illinois, is one of the leading monthly poetry journals in the English-speaking world. ...

Awards

• 1937: Wilder shared the Shelley Memorial Award for Poetry in 1937 with Ben Belitt [4].

1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

External links

• Biography from the Thornton Wilder Society
• The Evelyn Scott Drafts of Charlotte Wilder Biography from the University of Tennessee