Ethel Fortner
Ethel Nestell Fortner (11 February 1907 โ 16 April 1987) was an accomplished poet, critic and editor. She was born in Aspen, Colorado, the second child of Sam and Ida Nestell. She had five siblings. During her childhood, she lived in or near small coal mining towns.[1]
Career
At
However, she was ready for something different. So in 1931 she moved to Oregon, accepting a position in Salem teaching at the historic Oregon School for the Blind. Here she would teach and become principal during her 12-year stay. She would also become married to Laurence Wilbur Fortner (1912โ1982),[3] a fellow teacher, and receive a BA in psychology from the University of Oregon, both in 1937.[1]
Her next position, lasting until some time after World War II, was as Vision Supervisor in the
The Fortners moved to a farm close to Estacada, Oregon; Ethel began teaching and administrating again for thirteen more years before retiring.[1]
Retirement and second career
Now Fortner spent her time on other, more personal interests, most notably her poetry, and painting in
Fortner eventually published above two hundred poems, in various periodicals and also in four collections, and received the first place award in the Oregon State Poetry Association contest in 1964. and the "Voice of the Year" publication awards in 1967.
- Selected works[4]
- A sudden clarity (1967)
- Clouds and keepings (1973)
- Nervous on the curves (1982)
References
- ^ a b c d e f Tanya Parlet (2012). "Guide to the Ethel Nestell Fortner Papers 1958-1986". The Northwest Digital Archives. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "Ethel N. Fortner Writer and Community Awards". St. Andrews University. 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Ethel Nestell Fortner". Find-a-Grave. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Search Results for Fortner". Open Library. Retrieved 8 May 2015.