Agnes Lee

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Agnes Lee
Agnes Rand Lee by a window with a book LCCN2015647685.jpg
Photo of Lee taken by her first husband, Francis Watts Lee.
Born
Martha Agnes Rand

1868
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died1939
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Resting placeGraceland Cemetery
Spouse(s)Francis Watts Lee
Otto Freer
Children1
Parent(s)William H. Rand
Harriet H. Robinson

Agnes Lee (née Martha Agnes Rand; 1868 - 1939) was an American poet and translator.

Biography[]

Lee was born Martha Agnes Rand in 1868 in Chicago.[1] She was the second daughter of William H. Rand, an American printer and publisher who co-founded the Rand McNally Company.[1][2] She was educated at a boarding school in Vevey, Switzerland.[1]

Lee wrote a collection of children's verse in 1898 titled The Round Rabbit.[1] Her debut poetry collection, The Legend of a Thought, was published in 1899.[1] She wrote books of poetry including The Border of the Lake in 1910, The Sharing in 1914, Faces and Open Doors in 1922, and New Lyrics and a Few Old Ones in 1931.[1][3] She translated Théophile Gautier's Enamels and Cameos and Other Poems in 1903.[1] In 1926, Lee received the guarantor's prize from Poetry Magazine.[1]

In 1990 she married Francis Watts Lee, a photographer, and moved to Boston.[1] They had a daughter. In 1911 she married Otto Freer, a surgeon.[1] Her second husband died in 1932.

Lee died from pneumonia in 1939 at her home, 81 East Elm Street, in Chicago.[1] She was buried at Graceland Cemetery.[1] A collection of letters exchanged between her and poet Edgar Lee Masters is archived in the Newberry Library in Chicago.[1][4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m Foundation, Poetry (May 25, 2021). "Agnes Lee". Poetry Foundation.
  2. ^ "queerplaces - Agnes Lee". www.elisarolle.com. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  3. ^ Monroe, Harriet (1932). "Agnes Lee". Poetry. 39 (6): 324–328. JSTOR 20578451 – via JSTOR.
  4. ^ "Agnes Lee-Edgar Lee Masters Papers, 1919-1933". Explore Chicago Collections.
  5. ^ "AGNES LEE-EDGAR LEE MASTERS PAPERS, 1919-1933". mms.newberry.org. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
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