Walter Leuba
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Walter Leuba | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1902 |
| Died | 1983 (aged 80–81) |
| Education | Bachelor of arts and Master of arts in social work, University of Pittsburgh, 1947[1] |
| Occupation | Book collector |
| Spouse(s) | Mildred Leuba née Wallach (married 1927-1932), Martha Leuba née Dryburgh (married 1934)[1] |
| Children | Julian Christopher Leuba |
Walter Leuba (1902–1983) was a poet, writer, and book collector in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Leuba was born in the Bronx, New York in 1902. He grew up in Newport, Rhode Island, and moved to Pittsburgh with his family at age 14.[1][2] Leuba studied fine art, English, and history at Carnegie Mellon University (C.I.T.; now Carnegie Mellon University), and interacted with Porter Garnett, founder of the Laboratory Press at C.I.T. Also, Leuba fostered a friendship with poet Haniel Long, the head of C.I.T.'s English department at the time. Although Leuba left C.I.T. in 1923 without graduating, this experience was formative to his life as a book collector.[1][2]
Writing
Leuba was a prolific writer. While living in New York as a bachelor, Leuba wrote a book of verse poetry, Legend, published in 1925 under the name Paul Sandoz.[1] Leuba continued to write after returning to Pittsburgh and establishing himself. In addition to regular letters published in newspapers, he wrote Poems out of a Hat, published by Macmillan Publishers, as well as other self-published works, including poetry collections No Other Mirror and Quips and Cranks, the "prose-poem" Crusade, and Two Essays on Bach.[1] Leuba contributed to literary journals and wrote two published books with Ernest Nevin Dilworth (Smith Unbound, and Two Dialogues: Norman Douglas and George Santayana), as well as other collaborative works.[1]
