Sarah morgan bryan piatt biography
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Piatt, Sarah M. B. (Sarah Morgan Bryan),
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Sarah M. B. Piatt (), American poet.
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Correspondence, literary notes, clippings, photographs, and an album of poems and drawings on Edinburgh compiled () by Cecil Piatt. The correspondence consists mainly of letters to John Bear Piatt from family members on the frontier in Montana, Dakota territory, and Kansas. There are also letters from his son, John James Piatt, who served as the United States Consul in Cork, Ireland, from , and from Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt, noted nineteenth century poet and author.
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Sarah Anthropologist Bryan Piatt
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Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt
American poet (–)
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt | |
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"A woman of the century" | |
Born | Sarah Morgan Bryan August 11, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |
Died | December 22, () (aged83) Caldwell, New Jersey, U.S. |
Resting place | Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
Occupation | Poet |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Almamater | Henry Female College |
Notable works | A Woman's Poems |
Partner | John James Piatt (m.; died) |
Children | 7 |
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (Sallie M. Bryan; August 11, – December 22, ) was an American poet. Her career began in the mids and lasted into the early twentieth century. She published hundreds of poems in nationally circulated newspapers, magazines, and anthologies as well as in eighteen volumes of poems, two of which she co-authored with her husband, the poet John James Piatt (also known as "J.J.").[2] Although Sarah Piatt is not well known today, during her lifetime her work was widely read and reviewed in the U.S. and Europe.[3]
Early years and education
[edit]Sarah Morgan Bryan was born near Lexington, Kentucky, on August 11, [5] She was the eldest of three children of Talbot Nelson Bryan and Mary Spiers Bry