Byron Herbert Reece
Byron Herbert Reece | |
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| Born | Byron Herbert Reece September 14, 1917 Union County, Georgia U.S. |
| Died | June 3, 1958 (aged 40) Young Harris, Georgia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet, novelist, teacher, farmer |
| Alma mater | Young Harris College |
| Subject | Appalachian life |
| Years active | 1932-1958 |
| Notable works | Lest the Lonesome Bird Ballad of the Bones and Other Poems |
| Notable awards | American Poet Annual award (1943) Guggenheim Fellowships (1952, 1957) Georgia Writers Hall of Fame (2001) |
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Byron Herbert Reece (September 14, 1917 – June 3, 1958) was an American poet and novelist. During his life, he published four volumes of poetry and two volumes of fiction.
Reece wrote the words of his legacy in four lines:
- From chips and shards, in idle times,
- I made these stories, shaped these rhymes;
- May they engage some friendly tongue
- When I am past the reach of song.