William A. Owens
William A. Owens, (November 2, 1905 — December 9, 1990), was an American writer,
folklorist
and educator.
Biography
Owens was born in
Texas A&M-Commerce), Paris Junior College and graduated from Southern Methodist University with a bachelor of arts in English in 1932. He received a PhD in English from the University of Iowa
in 1941.
In 1940, Owens made a live recording of
TIME magazine and was broadcast by BBC Radio on a program hosted by Alistair Cooke in 1940 about the American musical response to World War II. This recording was instrumental to the development of Williams' career.[1][2]
Owens was in the
Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment. He became a technical sergeant and later commissioned as a second lieutenant.[4][5]
Owens taught at Wesley College in
Mississippi State College in Starkville and Texas A&M College in College Station, Texas. He taught at Columbia University from 1945 to 1974. He is the father of author and professor Jessie Ann Owens
.
Partial bibliography
- Slave Mutiny: The Revolt of the Schooner Amistad (1953) An account of the slave rebellion on the schooner ISBN 1-57478-004-2
- Look to the River (New York, Atheneum, 1963) OCLC 912982145
- This Stubborn Soil: A Frontier Boyhood (1966) An autobiographical account of growing up in Pin Hook, Texas
- Three Friends: Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb (1969), Garden City, New York: Doubleday
- A Season of Weathering (1973)
- Eye-Deep in Hell (1989) An autobiographical account of his time in the intelligence service in the Philippines
References
- ^ Austin Music Database
- ^ Adapted from Roosevelt Williams.
- Fold3by Ancestry.com website. Retrieved January 16, 2022. Enlistment Date is listed as "25 Jun 1942" and Release Date is listed as "26 Oct 1945".
- ^ James, Don. "Author's disillusionment comes through in book", Times Record News, Wichita Falls, Texas, May 20 and 21, 1989, page 5E. (subscription required)
- ISBN 978-1-4349-3052-1
External sources
- Handbook of Texas Online
- William T Pilkington William A Owens, Southwest Writers Series (Number 17, 1968)
- Owens Centennial Celebration Paris Junior College [1]
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- Trantham, Ann Caldwell. A Readers Theatre Script Based on the Writings of William A. Owens, thesis, August 1977; Denton, Texas. (digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc663281/: accessed March 9, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, digital.library.unt.edu; .