Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965
Variant namesRandall Jarrell (6 May 1914 – 14 October 1965), the noted American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist, was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He attended Vanderbilt University where he studied under Robert Penn Warren, Allen Tate, and John Crowe Ransom, edited the student humor magazine, captained the tennis team, received a Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude. After graduating from Vanderbilt, Jarrell served as a teaching instructor at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. There he worked on his master's thesis on the poetry of Alfred Edward Housman and shared rooms with writers Robie Macauley, Peter Taylor, and poet Robert Lowell. Lowell and Jarrell remained good friends and peers until Jarrell's death. The collection contains numerous references to all these men, especially Warren, Tate, and Ransom.
After receiving his masters' degree from Vanderbilt in 1938, Jarrell taught at the University of Texas at Austin from 1939 to 1942, where he met his first wife, Mackie Langham. In 1942 he left the university to join the United States Army Air Forces. The collection contains a significant amount of material relating to his military service. His war-time experiences inspired much of his early poetry. He later taught at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, N.Y. and the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina. Early in the 1950's Jarrell and Mackie separated and divorced. Jarrell married his second wife Mary von Schrader Jarrell in 1952. On October 14, 1965, Jarrell died while walking along a road in Chapel Hill near dusk.
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creatorOf | Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973. Conrad Aiken collection of papers, 1913-1963. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
creatorOf | Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. Series V., Editor Files, 1873-1984 (bulk 1960-1980). | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center | |
creatorOf | Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. Series VII., Other Department Files, 1916-1996 (bulk 1943-1969). | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center | |
referencedIn | Alfred Kazin collection of papers, 1933-1990, 1933-1978 | The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. | |
referencedIn | Allen, Don Cameron, 1904-. Don Cameron Allen papers, 1948-1972. | Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library | |
referencedIn | American Scholar, Records, 1926-2006, (bulk 1944-2005) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
referencedIn | Archibald MacLeish collection of papers, 1923-1981 | The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. | |
creatorOf | Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888. Matthew Arnold collection of papers, 1857-1888. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
creatorOf | Arthos, John, 1908-. Correspondence, with American writers, 1947-1952. | University of Michigan | |
referencedIn | Atlas, James. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1973-1977. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library |
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associatedWith | Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973. |
associatedWith | Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. |
associatedWith | Allen, Don Cameron, 1904- |
associatedWith | American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. |
correspondedWith | American Scholar |
correspondedWith | Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975. |
associatedWith | Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888. |
associatedWith | Arthos, John, 1908- |
associatedWith | Atlas, James. |
associatedWith | Barzun, Jacques, 1907- |
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Birth 1914
Birth 1914-05-06
Death 1965-10-14
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