Weldon Kees

January 9, 2024
Poet

Quick Facts

Weldon Kees
Full Name Weldon Kees
Occupation Poet
Date Of Birth Feb 24, 1914(1914-02-24)
Age 110
Date Of Death 1955-07-18
Birthplace Beatrice
Country United States
Birth City Nebraska
Horoscope Aquarius

Weldon Kees Biography

Name Weldon Kees
Birthday Feb 24
Birth Year 1914
Place Of Birth Beatrice
Home Town Nebraska
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Aquarius
Parents Sarah Green Kees, John Kees

Weldon Kees is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on February 24, 1914 in Beatrice, Nebraska, United States. Author, poet as well as jazz pianist and painter whose most well- known works of literature are The Last Man and Fall Quarter. Following his disappearance with no explanation in the year 1955 He was the author of the book Vanished Act: The Life and art of Weldon Kees.

He was an ancestor with He was a contemporary of William Carlos Williams..

He was raised on the state of Nebraska and later moved to Colorado, New York, Massachusetts and California. He was married Ann Kees in 1941.

Weldon Kees Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Poet
House Living in own house.

Weldon Kees is one of the richest Poet from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Weldon Kees 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a child of in the Jazz Age and lived his early adult years in period of Great Depression. He completed his studies at his school at the University of Nebraska in 1935 and then went on to study library science in the University of Denver.

His work was displayed in Whitney Museum in 1948. Whitney Museum during 1948.

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Who is Weldon Kees Dating?

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Weldon Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Weldon Kees celebrates birthday on February 24 of every year.

What is Weldon Kees known for?

Weldon Kees was born in Beatrice, Nebraska and attended Doane College, the University of Missouri, and the University of Nebraska, where he earned his BA in 1935. His poetry collections include Collected Poems (1960, edited by Donald Justice), Poems 1947-1954, The Fall of Magicians (1947), and The Last Man (1943).

Did Weldon Kees have a daughter?

By Weldon Kees These speculations sour in the sun. I have no daughter. I desire none.

What type of poem is for my daughter?

Structure and Form ‘For My Daughter’ by Weldon Kees is a fourteen-line poem. It almost exactly conforms to the pattern of a sonnet. It follows a rhyme scheme of ABABCCDEDEFFG. This pattern resembles both a Shakespearean and a Petrarchan sonnet.

When was for my daughter by Weldon Kees published?

Popularity of “For My Daughter”: Weldon Kees, an influential American poet, and writer wrote this ironic literary piece. It became quite popular when published due to the presentation of the likely personal loss of the poet and its attendant fear. It was first published in 1940.

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“Luke Havergal” is a haunting poem of thirty-two lines about a desperately bereaved man being tempted by a voice from the grave to commit suicide in order to reunite with a beloved woman who is dead.

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