词条 | Ennis Rees |
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| name = Ennis Rees | image = Ennis Rees.jpg | caption = | alt = | birth_name = Ennis Samuel Rees, Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date|1925|3|17|mf=y}} | birth_place = Newport News, Virginia | death_date = {{death date and age|2009|3|24|1925|3|17|mf=y}} | death_place = Columbia, South Carolina | occupation = Poet, professor | language = | alma_mater = {{no wrap|A.B., College of William & Mary,}} {{no wrap|M.A., Ph.D. Harvard University}} | genre = | movement = | notableworks = | awards = South Carolina Poet Laureate | spouse = Marion (Lott) Rees | children = 3 }} Ennis Samuel Rees, Jr. (March 17, 1925 – March 24, 2009) was an American poet and professor. He was named by Governor Richard Wilson Riley as the third South Carolina Poet Laureate from 1984 to 1985. BiographyEarly life and educationRees was born in Newport News, Virginia, on March 17, 1925.[1] His parents were Ennis Samuel, Sr., and Dorothy Drumwright Rees.[2] In high school, he participated in track and lettered in football, focusing more on athletics than academics. He was also student body vice president and his senior class vice president as well.[3] He graduated from the College of William & Mary with an A.B. degree in 1946[1] where he was Phi Beta Kappa.[3] He then went on to obtain both his M.A., in 1948, and Ph.D., in 1951, from Harvard University.[1] CareerAfter graduating from Harvard with his M.A. degree, Rees became an English instructor at Duke University in 1949 while still pursuing his Ph.D. from Harvard. He remained at Duke until 1952 when he became an instructor at Princeton University from 1952 to 1954. He then began a long career at the University of South Carolina in 1954, eventually becoming a full professor in 1963. He remained a professor at the university until his retirement in 1988.[1] Poet laureateshipRees was named to be South Carolina's third poet laureate by Governor Dick Riley in 1984. Originally a life-time appointment, Riley changed the position some during his governorship and appointed Freeman to only a one-year term of office.[4] Personal lifeRees was married to the former Marion Lott. They had three children.[5] Awards and honors
WorksIn addition to his published books, some of Ennis' work has appeared in Journal of English, The Southern Review, The New Republic, and Germanic Philology.[1] Non-fiction
Poetry
Children's verse
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References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=Ennis Rees |url=http://scliterarymap.libsci.sc.edu/authors/ennis-rees/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018121105/http://scliterarymap.libsci.sc.edu/authors/ennis-rees/ |dead-url=yes |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |publisher=University of South Carolina |accessdate=September 7, 2015 }} {{Authority control}}{{SC Poets Laureate}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Rees, Ennis}}2. ^1940 U. S. Census; Census Place: Newport News, Newport News City, Virginia; Roll: T627_4310; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 113-6 3. ^1 {{cite news|title=Ennis Rees About Faces From Football To "PBK"|url=https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/bitstream/handle/10288/318/fh19460306.pdf?sequence=2|accessdate=December 28, 2012|newspaper=The Flat Hat|date=March 6, 1946|format=PDF}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=South Carolina's New Poet Laureate is Ennis Rees|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dTwsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cM4EAAAAIBAJ&dq=ennis%20rees&pg=2487%2C6914167|accessdate=December 27, 2012|newspaper=The Spartanburg Herald-Journal|date=July 26, 1984|agency=AP}} 5. ^{{cite news|last=Holleman|first=Joey|title=Ennis Rees: USC professor, state poet dies|url=http://www.thestate.com/local/story/727396.html|accessdate=December 27, 2012|newspaper=The State|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531130933/http://www.thestate.com/local/story/727396.html|archivedate=May 31, 2009}} 6. ^{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Tom|title=Academy of Authors honoree has Sumter ties|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q6EiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=laoFAAAAIBAJ&dq=ennis-rees&pg=1237%2C470338|accessdate=December 27, 2012|newspaper=The Item|date=March 3, 1999}} 11 : 1925 births|2009 deaths|Poets Laureate of South Carolina|American male poets|College of William & Mary alumni|Harvard University alumni|People from Newport News, Virginia|Writers from Columbia, South Carolina|University of South Carolina faculty|Poets from South Carolina|20th-century American poets |
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