Alvira Hazzard
American writer
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Alvira Hazzard (December 11, 1898 – January 10, 1953) was an American writer, poet, educator, and playwright, based in Boston but associated with the Harlem Renaissance.[1]
Alvira Hazzard | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 11, 1898 North Brookfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | January 10, 1953 (aged 54) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Other names | Elvira Hazzard |
| Occupations | Writer, playwright, poet |
Biography
Hazzard was born in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Henry Hazzard and Rosella W. Curry Hazzard.[2] She graduated from Worcester Normal School.[3]
Hazzard taught school in Boston as a young woman, and was a clerk at Boston City Hospital.[3] She was a founding member of the Saturday Evening Quill club and published in the club's journal.[4][1] She wrote plays,[5] adapted plays,[6] acted in plays,[7] and wrote about Boston theatre.[8][9]
Hazzard attended the Opportunity Awards Dinner in New York in 1927.[10] She was publicity chair for the Boston branch of the NAACP, and president of the Health Guild of the Boston Tuberculosis Association.[11] She was also a competitive amateur golfer.[12] She died in 1953, at the age of 54, from leukemia.[11][13]
Publications
Plays
- Polly Wakes Up (produced by Maud Cuney Hare in 1928)[5]
- Mother Liked It (1928)[14][15]
- Little Heads (1929)[16]
Poems
Articles and short stories
- "Another Lochinvar" (1927, short story)[18]
- "Jason Gets a Jolt" (1927, short story)[19]
- "Rejection Slip" (1928, short story)[20]
- "Oatmeal Cookies" (1928, short story)[21]
- "Blind Alley" (1929, short story)[22]
- "Boston Little Theater Movement in 4th Year" (1930, article)[8]
- "Cavalcade of Colored Women Invade Boston" (1939, article)[23]