George Bancroft Abbe (January 28, 1911 – March 15, 1989) was an American poet and novelist.
Life He was graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1933 and from the University of Iowa in 1938.
He taught at Mount Holyoke College, Yale University, University of Connecticut, Wayne State University, Columbia University, University of Maine, Springfield College, Central Connecticut State College, Russell Sage College, State University of New York at Plattsburgh."George (Bancroft) Abbe", Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2009
A novel manuscript is at University of Iowa. He corresponded with Nicholas Joost, Judith Moffett, and Stephen Vincent Benét, and wrote a foreword to his book Stephen Vincent Benét on writing.
In March 1958, he had tea with poets Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, and Peter Viereck.
Awards 1956/1957 Shelley Memorial Award Two grants from State University of New York Research Awards Foundation
Works
Poetry
Novels
Dreamer's Clay. New York: Holt, 1940
The Winter House: New York: Doubleday, 1957 One More Puritan: Chicago, Windfall, 1963 The Non-Conformist. Boston: Branden, 1966 The Funeral: New York: Horizon, 1967 Yonderville. Boston: Branden, 1969
Non-Fiction
The Larks. Bauhan, 1974 Abbe and Benet, 1976 The Pigeon Lover. Donning, 1981
Editor Hill Wind, YMCA, 1935 Stephen Vincent Benet on Writing. Stephen Greene, 1964 Poetry in the Round: A Poetry Workshop, Smithsonian Folkways, George Abbe, 1961
External links George Abbe Papers are housed at University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives
References