Biography of louis untermeyer

American poet (1885–1977)

Louis Untermeyer (October 1, 1885 – December 18, 1977) was an American poet, anthologist, critic,^[1] and editor. He was appointed the fourteenth Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1961.^[2]

Life and career

Untermeyer was born in New York City, the son of a German-Jewish jewelry manufacturer.^[3] He initially joined his father's firm as a designer, rising to the rank of vice president, before resigning from the firm in 1923 to devote himself to literary pursuits.^[3] He was, for the most part, self-educated.^[3]

He married Jean Starr in January 1907, and their son Richard was born in December of that year.^[4] (Richard Untermeyer died by suicide in January 1927 while studying at Yale, at the age of 19.^[4][5]) After a 1926 divorce, they were reunited in 1929, after which they adopted two sons, Laurence and Joseph.

He married the poet Vi