biography
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Hillyer, Robert (Silliman)
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| lived:
| (1895–1961)
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| biography:
| Poet and teacher, born in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He studied at Harvard (1917 BA), where he was a publisher of Eight Harvard Poets (1917) - a volume including the work of Hillyer, e e cummings, and John Dos Passos, among others. After graduation, he and Dos Passos served in the ambulance corps in France. Hillyer taught at Harvard (1919–20), and wrote essays, novels, and many volumes of reflective poetry, notably The Seventh Hall (1928). He taught at Trinity College (1926–8), returned to Harvard (1928–45), became a visiting professor at various institutions, and then taught at the University of Delaware (1952–61). Traditional in his own work and conservative in his tastes, he often found himself at odds with the prevailing literary modes and movements. |
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