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'''George Elliston''' (1883-1946) was an American journalist born in Kentucky. Elliston was raised in Mt. Sterling, Ky., and graduated from Covington High School. She worked as a reporter for the ''Cincinnati Times-Star'' and later as the Society Editor for that newspaper.<ref name="Brown">{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=VusCAAAAMBAJ&q=george+elliston#v=snippet&q=george%20elliston&f=false |title= Brown, Dale, "When Poets Were Hip" |publisher= ''Cincinnati Magazine'' | date=June 2003 |accessdate=June 19, 2011}}</ref>
{{for|the British politician|George Elliston (politician)}}
'''George Elliston''' (1883 - October 7, 1946) was an American journalist.


==Biography==
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She married Augustus Coleman in 1907 and lived briefly with him in St. Louis. She and Coleman separated, and Elliston lived simply and alone in Cincinnati for the remainder of her life.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.libraries.uc.edu/source/volthree/elliston2.html |title= Norris, Melissa Cox, "A Poet's Legacy" |accessdate=May 11, 2011}}</ref>
George Elliston was born in [[Mount Sterling, Kentucky]].<ref name="kentonlibrary">{{cite web |title=Northern Kentucky Writers – Elliston |url=https://www.kentonlibrary.org/genealogy/northern-kentucky-writers-elliston |website=kentonlibrary.org |publisher=Kenton County Public Library |accessdate=22 June 2020}}</ref> She graduated from Covington High School.


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Elliston worked as a reporter for the ''[[The Cincinnati Times-Star|Cincinnati Times-Star]]'' and later as the [[Society reporting|Society Editor]] for that newspaper.<ref name="Brown">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VusCAAAAMBAJ&q=george+elliston |title= Brown, Dale, "When Poets Were Hip" |publisher= Cincinnati Magazine | date=June 2003 |accessdate=June 19, 2011}}</ref>
Upon her death in Madisonville, Ohio, in 1946, Elliston bequeathed $250,000 to the University of Cincinnati to establish a chair "to promote the cause of poetry." The [[University of Cincinnati]] inaugurated the Elliston Poet-in-Residence Program in 1951. <ref name="Brown" />


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She married Augustus Coleman in 1907 and lived briefly with him in [[St. Louis]]. She and Coleman separated, and Elliston lived simply and alone in [[Cincinnati]] for the remainder of her life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libraries.uc.edu/source/volthree/elliston2.html |title=Norris, Melissa Cox, "A Poet's Legacy" |accessdate=May 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929005914/http://www.libraries.uc.edu/source/volthree/elliston2.html |archivedate=September 29, 2011 }}</ref>
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== Notable George Elliston Poets ==

Upon her death in [[Madisonville, Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], on October 7, 1946, Elliston bequeathed {{USD|250000}} to the [[University of Cincinnati]] to establish a chair "to promote the cause of poetry". The university inaugurated the Elliston Poet-in-Residence Program in 1951.<ref name="Brown" /> Composer [[Margaret McClure Stitt]] set many of Elliston's poems to music.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Woodward|first=Henry|title=Four Songs by Margaret McClure Stitt - College Music Symposium|url=https://symposium.music.org/index.php/23/item/1957-four-songs-by-margaret-mcclure-stitt|access-date=2021-11-19|website=symposium.music.org|language=en-gb}}</ref>

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==Notable Elliston poets==
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* [[John Ashbery]]
* [[John Ashbery]]
* [[Wendell Berry]]
* [[Wendell Berry]]
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* [[Marilyn Hacker]]
* [[Marilyn Hacker]]
* [[Donald Hall]]
* [[Donald Hall]]
* [[Michael Harper]]
* [[Michael S. Harper|Michael Harper]]
* [[Jane Hirshfield]]
* [[Jane Hirshfield]]
* [[John Hollander]]
* [[John Hollander]]
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* [[David Lehman]]
* [[David Lehman]]
* [[Denise Levertov]]
* [[Denise Levertov]]
* [[Philip Levine]]
* [[Philip Levine (poet)|Philip Levine]]
* [[Robert Lowell]]
* [[Robert Lowell]]
* [[Heather McHugh]]
* [[Heather McHugh]]
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* [[Gary Snyder]]
* [[Gary Snyder]]
* [[Stephen Spender]]
* [[Stephen Spender]]
* [[William Stafford]]
* [[William Stafford (poet)|William Stafford]]
* [[Ellen Bryant Voigt]]
* [[Ellen Bryant Voigt]]
* [[David Wagoner]]
* [[David Wagoner]]
* [[C.D. Wright]]
* [[C.D. Wright]]
* [[Jay Wright]]
* [[Jay Wright (poet)|Jay Wright]]
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Latest revision as of 22:27, 7 May 2022

For the British politician, see George Elliston (politician).

George Elliston (1883 - October 7, 1946) was an American journalist.

Biography

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George Elliston was born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky.[1] She graduated from Covington High School.

Elliston worked as a reporter for the Cincinnati Times-Star and later as the Society Editor for that newspaper.[2]

She married Augustus Coleman in 1907 and lived briefly with him in St. Louis. She and Coleman separated, and Elliston lived simply and alone in Cincinnati for the remainder of her life.[3]

Upon her death in Madisonville, Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 7, 1946, Elliston bequeathed US$250,000 to the University of Cincinnati to establish a chair "to promote the cause of poetry". The university inaugurated the Elliston Poet-in-Residence Program in 1951.[2] Composer Margaret McClure Stitt set many of Elliston's poems to music.[4]

Notable Elliston poets

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References

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  1. ^ "Northern Kentucky Writers – Elliston". kentonlibrary.org. Kenton County Public Library. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b Brown, Dale, "When Poets Were Hip". Cincinnati Magazine. June 2003. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  3. ^ "Norris, Melissa Cox, "A Poet's Legacy"". Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  4. ^ Woodward, Henry. "Four Songs by Margaret McClure Stitt - College Music Symposium". symposium.music.org. Retrieved 2021-11-19.


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