Kathryn Irene Glascock
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Kathryn Irene Glascock was an American
United States
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 poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

. The Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest
Glascock Prize
The Glascock Poetry Prize is awarded to the winner of the annual Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest at Mount Holyoke College...

is named after her.

Background

Glascock was born in 1901, the daughter of Hugh Grundy Glascock, an educator, and Etta (or Ella) Bodine Woods. Glascock graduated from Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others...

 in 1922..

1923

Glascock died in 1923. In that same year, her parents established the annual Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest at Mount Holyoke College (it became an intercollegiate event in 1924).

In addition, Glascock's parents also published a collection of her poetry entitled, Poems, and had one of her poems, "Daylight," published in Poetry Magazine
Poetry (magazine)
Poetry , published in Chicago, Illinois since 1912, is one of the leading monthly poetry journals in the English-speaking world. Published by the Poetry Foundation and currently edited by Christian Wiman, the magazine has a circulation of 30,000 and prints 300 poems per year out of approximately...

.

Poetry

  • Poems. Garden City, N.Y. : Country Life Press, 1923.
  • "Daylight," Poetry Magazine, Volume 22, May 1923, Page 83.

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