Stark Young was born in Como, Panola Co, Mississippi in 1881. His father joined the Confederate cavalry at age 16 in 1863. His mother was Mary Clark "Mollie" Starks. His McGehee relatives had a profound effect on his writing, they being of the Planter class from Mississippi.
Additional information from: Who's Who in the World, 1912.
Educator. Educated at Univ. of Miss. 1896-1901; and Columbia Univ., 1901-02; Degrees: B.A., and M.A.
Lived abroad and in the mountains of N. Carolina after leaving Columbia. Did some journalistic work in New York and Brooklyn. Instructor in English at the Univ. of Miss. 1904-07; Instructor in English at the Univ. of Texas, 1907-1910; elected Professor of English at the Univ. of the South 1909, but declined. Professor of General Literature at the Univ. of Texas, 1911.
Member of Sigma Chi Fraternity.
Address: The University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
added by JH∼The most cosmopolitan and multi-talented of the state's major literary figures. Widely traveled—especially in Italy, England, and France—thoroughly familiar with Greek, Latin, and English literature, a poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist, translator, painter, professor, letterwriter and brilliant conversationalist, Young achieved distinction in a number of artistic fields; but he is perhaps best remembered for his weekly essays on the drama which appeared in the New Republic for more than twenty years and for his best-selling novel of Mississippi during the Confederacy, So Red the Rose. Later made into a movie.
Additional information from: Who's Who in the World, 1912.
Educator. Educated at Univ. of Miss. 1896-1901; and Columbia Univ., 1901-02; Degrees: B.A., and M.A.
Lived abroad and in the mountains of N. Carolina after leaving Columbia. Did some journalistic work in New York and Brooklyn. Instructor in English at the Univ. of Miss. 1904-07; Instructor in English at the Univ. of Texas, 1907-1910; elected Professor of English at the Univ. of the South 1909, but declined. Professor of General Literature at the Univ. of Texas, 1911.
Member of Sigma Chi Fraternity.
Address: The University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
added by JH∼The most cosmopolitan and multi-talented of the state's major literary figures. Widely traveled—especially in Italy, England, and France—thoroughly familiar with Greek, Latin, and English literature, a poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist, translator, painter, professor, letterwriter and brilliant conversationalist, Young achieved distinction in a number of artistic fields; but he is perhaps best remembered for his weekly essays on the drama which appeared in the New Republic for more than twenty years and for his best-selling novel of Mississippi during the Confederacy, So Red the Rose. Later made into a movie.
Stark Young was born in Como, Panola Co, Mississippi in 1881. His father joined the Confederate cavalry at age 16 in 1863. His mother was Mary Clark "Mollie" Starks. His McGehee relatives had a profound effect on his writing, they being of the Planter class from Mississippi.
Additional information from: Who's Who in the World, 1912.
Educator. Educated at Univ. of Miss. 1896-1901; and Columbia Univ., 1901-02; Degrees: B.A., and M.A.
Lived abroad and in the mountains of N. Carolina after leaving Columbia. Did some journalistic work in New York and Brooklyn. Instructor in English at the Univ. of Miss. 1904-07; Instructor in English at the Univ. of Texas, 1907-1910; elected Professor of English at the Univ. of the South 1909, but declined. Professor of General Literature at the Univ. of Texas, 1911.
Member of Sigma Chi Fraternity.
Address: The University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
added by JH∼The most cosmopolitan and multi-talented of the state's major literary figures. Widely traveled—especially in Italy, England, and France—thoroughly familiar with Greek, Latin, and English literature, a poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist, translator, painter, professor, letterwriter and brilliant conversationalist, Young achieved distinction in a number of artistic fields; but he is perhaps best remembered for his weekly essays on the drama which appeared in the New Republic for more than twenty years and for his best-selling novel of Mississippi during the Confederacy, So Red the Rose. Later made into a movie.
Additional information from: Who's Who in the World, 1912.
Educator. Educated at Univ. of Miss. 1896-1901; and Columbia Univ., 1901-02; Degrees: B.A., and M.A.
Lived abroad and in the mountains of N. Carolina after leaving Columbia. Did some journalistic work in New York and Brooklyn. Instructor in English at the Univ. of Miss. 1904-07; Instructor in English at the Univ. of Texas, 1907-1910; elected Professor of English at the Univ. of the South 1909, but declined. Professor of General Literature at the Univ. of Texas, 1911.
Member of Sigma Chi Fraternity.
Address: The University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
added by JH∼The most cosmopolitan and multi-talented of the state's major literary figures. Widely traveled—especially in Italy, England, and France—thoroughly familiar with Greek, Latin, and English literature, a poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist, translator, painter, professor, letterwriter and brilliant conversationalist, Young achieved distinction in a number of artistic fields; but he is perhaps best remembered for his weekly essays on the drama which appeared in the New Republic for more than twenty years and for his best-selling novel of Mississippi during the Confederacy, So Red the Rose. Later made into a movie.
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