Samuel French Morse
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Samuel French Morse (1916–1985) was an American poet and teacher. He had the Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize named in his honor, which lasted from 1983–2009.[1] The prize was for a first or second book of poems by a U.S. poet, with a $1000 cash award, and publication of the winning manuscript by Northeastern University Press/UPNE.[2][3]
Samuel French Morse was born in Salem, Massachusetts. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1936 and from Harvard University in 1938, and from Boston University in 1952.
From 1962 until 1985, he taught at Northeastern University.
He married Jane, and they summered at Hancock, Maine. His first book, Time of Year, had a preface by Wallace Stevens.[4]
Awards
He won the Emily Clark Balch and the Arthur Davison Ficke prizes for poetry.
