Keith, Joseph Joel

Joseph Joel Keith was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1920s. He was a member of the Poetry Society of America, president of the Los Angeles, California Branch of the P.E.N., and was managing editor of the Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards. His works include: "Across the Dark" (1964), "Aloha, Polynesia: Hawaiian Poems" (1967), "Durable Fire" (1949), "The Hearth Lit: Poems" (1946), "Inner Pilgrim" (1939), "The Long Nights: Poems" (1944), and "The Proud People: Poems of War and Poems of Peace" (1943), among others. Keith passed away on January 1, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

From the description of Joseph Joel Keith papers, 1941-1967. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 44608197

Biography

Joseph Joel Keith was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1920s. He was a member of the Poetry Society of America, president of the Los Angeles, California Branch of the P.E.N., and was managing editor of the Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards.

His works include: Across the Dark (1964), Aloha, Polynesia: Hawaiian Poems (1967), Durable Fire (1949), The Hearth Lit: Poems (1946), Inner Pilgrim (1939), The Long Nights: Poems (1944), and The Proud People: Poems of War and Poems of Peace (1943), among others.

Keith passed away on January 1, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Source:

Triem, Eve. "In Memoriam: Joseph Joel Keith." The Indian P.E.N. 32 (1967): 167-169.

From the guide to the Joseph Joel Keith Papers, 1941-1967, (University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections.)