Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929
Variant names(William) Bliss Carman (1861-1929) was a Canadian poet and editor. Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, he studied at the universities of New Brunswick and Harvard. He is usually grouped with the Confederation Poets, who developed a distinctively Canadian poetic voice in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Yet this identification with the Confederation group is somewhat misleading as Carman spent much of his life in New England and many readers assumed that he was American. Carman edited and wrote for many influential literary publications including the Independent, the Cosmopolitan, and the Atlantic Monthly .
From the guide to the Bliss Carman Correspondence, 1899, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)
Carman was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, on April 15, 1861. He was the son of William Carman and Sophia Bliss. He graduated from the University of New Brunswick in 1881 with honors in Latin and Greek. He received his masters from the University of New Brunswick. He read law and studied engineering. Later he taught school from 1884-1886. Though he traveled some, he lived in New Canaan, Conn., and he always retained his Canadian citizenship.
Carman was Canada's major poet, generally referred to as the Poet Laureate of Canada. He was awarded the Lorne Pierce Medal, which is the highest literary distinction a Canadian can win. Though he is primarily known for his poetry, he served as assistant editor of the New York Independent and editor of Chap Book in Boston. Also, he worked on The Cosmopolitan Magazine, Current Literature, and The Atlantic Monthly.
From the guide to the Bliss Carman Papers, 1889-1927, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.)
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911. Letters, 1883-1903. | Getty Research Institute | |
| referencedIn | Additional papers, ca. 1870-1922. | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. Papers. | Dartmouth College Library | |
| referencedIn | Alice Corbin Henderson Collection TXRC92-A24., 1861-1987 | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center | |
| referencedIn | American Author Portraits [manuscript], 1774-1902. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | Autograph File, A, 1518-2002. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Autograph File, C | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Autograph File, H | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Baker, Louise Southard, 1846-1896. Nantucket poems / by Louise Baker, Henry Wyer, and Bliss Carman, [n.p.], [ca. 1940]. | Brown University Archives, John Hay Library | |
| referencedIn | Baldwin family. Papers of the Baldwin family, 1845-1943. | University of Virginia. Library |
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| associatedWith | Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911. |
| associatedWith | Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960, |
| associatedWith | Addams, Jane, 1860-1935. |
| associatedWith | Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. |
| associatedWith | Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 |
| associatedWith | Baker, George Pierce, 1866-1935, |
| associatedWith | Baker, Louise Southard, 1846-1896. |
| associatedWith | Baldwin family. |
| associatedWith | Barton, Bruce, 1886-1967. |
| associatedWith | Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929. |
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Birth 1861-04-15
Death 1929-06-08
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