Willis Steell (1866-1941) - American journalist, poet, playwright, novelist and translator.
| Willis Steele | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 1866 |
| Date of death | 1941 |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Occupation | journalist, poet, playwright, novelist and translator |
| Years of creativity | 1887 - 1941 |
| Language of Works | English |
Content
Journalism
Willis Steel began his literary career in New York in 1887 as a journalist for the New York Tribune, and soon worked as a New York correspondent for several newspapers: Albany Press, St. Paul Dispatch, Chicago Times and Nashville American.
In the 1920s, he was a Paris correspondent for the New York Herald for whom he interviewed Gertrude Stein in 1924 after she published her long-growing novel The Making Americans of Americans "). Then Steele moved to Paris to be with his daughter Susan Steele (b. 1906), who received a scholarship to study singing in Paris with the French mezzo-soprano Blanche Marchezi.
Steele's first novel was Isidra: The Patriot Daughter of Mexico (Mexican story of the French intervention of 1888), which was compared with the novels of Bret Gartha (1836-1902).
Literary activity
By 1898, he had written a number of dramatic works: "The Morning after the Play: A Comedy in One Act" (1889), "Mortal Lips" (1890), "In Seville, & Three Toledo Days", "Spanish sketches" (1894 ) and "The Fifth Commandment A Play in One Act" (1898). He also wrote poems and a great poem about Christopher Columbus , calling it " Death of The Discoverer". The poem was published as a separate book in Philadelphia in 1892.
In 1909, he published Walt Whitman's Early Life on Long Island .In 1924, Steele translated the works of Jérôme Tharaud and Jean Tharaud, "Long Walk of Samba Diouf", which formed an important part of the literature on black culture, and in 1928 published a biography " Benjamin Franklin in Paris 1776-1785" .
Drama
Typical in Steele's work was the author’s love for one-act dramas, one of which was the drama A Juliet of the People , staged at the Madison Square Theater in 1901. Feedback on this performance was published in the New York Times on January 20, 1900.
Other dramatic works by Willis Steele include: "The Firm of Cunningham" (1905), "Brother Dave" - a play in one act (Boston, 1909), "The Prospector" - a comedy in three acts (1912), "A Bride from Home "- a play in one act (1912)," Faro Nell "- a play in one act (1912)," Sniping "- a drama in one act (1915)," A Mountain of Gold Anna "- a drama in five acts.
Current ratings
Three letters were published in the New York Times on 2, 5, and April 16, 1898 in response to a correspondent's request about what the writer Willis Steele was. The correspondent with the initials JJE wrote about Style:"His prose works are original, his poetry is genuine poetry, and it impressed me a lot. We all must admit that newspapers absorbed most of his great talent."
External links
- The Morning After the Play: One-Act Comedy (1889) by W. H. Baker and Company, Boston (Google Books)
- The Discoverer's Death (1892) H. Murray, New York (Google Books)
- In Seville, & Three Days Toledo (1894) Hiller Murray & Co., New York (Google Books)
- The Fifth Commandment: A Play in One Act (1907) by W.H. Baker and Company, Boston (Google Books)
- Brother Dave: One-Act Play (1909) by W.H. Baker and Company, Boston (Google Books)
- Faro Nell: Vaudeville Sketch in One Action (1912) by W.H. Baker and Company, Boston (Google Books)
- Prospector: comedy in three acts (1912) W.H. Baker and company, Boston (Google books)
- http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Steell%2C%20Willis%2C%201866-1941
- New York Times. JF TAYLOR .; April 16, 1898 Art. Willis Steele again.
- Who is Willis Steele. The New York Times, April 02, 1898