Ben Hur Lampman
Ben Hur Lampman | |
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Born | Barron, Wisconsin, U.S. | August 12, 1886
Died | January 24, 1954 Portland, Oregon | (aged 67)
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Nationality | American |
Ben Hur Lampman (August 12,[1] 1886 – January 24, 1954)[2] was an American newspaper editor, essayist, short story writer, and poet. He was a longtime associate editor at The Oregonian in Portland, Oregon, and he served as Poet laureate of Oregon from 1951 until his death.[3]
Early life
Ben Lampman was born on August 12, 1886, in
Career
His first work in newspaper writing took place when he was 19 years old (1905 or 1906), when he and another young man co-founded the Michigan City Arena, a newspaper in Michigan City, North Dakota.[4] He worked on the Arena for seven years, writing editorials and columns and helping to manage the business.[10] In 1912, Lampman moved from North Dakota to Oregon to become manager and publisher of the Gold Hill News, a weekly newspaper in
His stories and essays also appeared in national magazines such as the
Lampman also wrote a column in The Oregonian entitled "Where to Bury A Dog" which is frequently cited in pet memorials. It was included in How Could I Be Forgetting, a 1926 compilation of the author's essays and poems.[13] In total, he authored six books.[2]
Lampman was still an associate editor at The Oregonian in early 1951, when a stroke took him off the job,[4] eventually leading to retirement. He was named poet laureate of Oregon on February 20, 1951.[14]
In the 1980s, Elizabeth Salway Ryan wrote a biography, The Magic of Ben Hur Lampman. The typescript was published in a very limited edition by Grandson Mark Anders Kronquist and Daughter Sally Ryan Tomlinson. Copies of the first edition typescript are in the collections of the University of Oregon, The Lake Oswego Public Library, the Library of Congress and the Oregon Historical Society. In 2011, as a part of the celebration, Lewis and Clark College printed several hundred copies of the typescript.
Family
As of the 1930 U.S. Census,
Death
Lampman died in Portland on January 24, 1954.
References
- ^ Passport Applications, January 2, 1906-March 31, 1925; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1490, 2740 rolls http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ben_hur_lampman_passport_application_1922.jpg); General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- ^ a b c d e "Pen Stilled: Death Takes Noted Editor". The Oregonian. January 25, 1954. p. 1.
- ^ Oregon State Poet Laureate from the Library of Congress website
- ^ a b c d e "Designation as Oregon's Poet Laureate Proud Day in Life of Ben Hur Lampman". The Oregonian. January 25, 1954. Section 1, p. 11.
- ^ "North Dakota Newspapers for Mountrail-Pierce Counties". Archived from the original on 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- ^ Parrish, Philip H (January 26, 1954). "Inner ear for words secret of Mr Lampman's genius". Oregonian: 10 – via NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current.
- ^ a b 1930; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: 1952; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 345; Image: 534.0
- ^ imprints101-170 Archived July 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Oregon Exchanges. June 1917. .
- ^ The Sunday Oregonian. September 25, 1932. Section 1, p. 12.
- ^ Lampman, Ben Hur (1920). Centralia, Tragedy and Trial. Grant Hodge Post No. 17.
- ^ O. Henry Award Winners 1919-2000 from the Random House website
- ^ US Catalog of Copyright Entries (Renewals) Books from 1926 (titles starting with H, I & J) from ibiblio
- ^ Hauser, Paul (February 21, 1951). "Friends, Seen, Unseen, Help Governor Present Laureate Scroll to Ben Lampman". The Oregonian. p. 1.
- ^ "Death Claims Gifted Writer: 'Herb' Lampman Dies of Uremia". The Oregonian. July 1, 1943. p. 9.
- ^ "Ben Hur Lampman". Find a Grave. Retrieved October 24, 2010.