Kreymborg, Alfred

Kreymborg, Alfred (krām`bôrg), 1883–1966, American poet and anthologist, b. New York City. Originally one of the imagists, he wrote poems collected in Mushrooms (1916), Manhattan Men (1929), Selected Poems (1945), and Man and Shadow (1946). He chronicled American poetry in such works as the critical history Our Singing Strength (1929, 1934) and the anthology Lyric America (1930). His puppet plays were also popular.

Bibliography

See his autobiography, Troubadour (1925).

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Kreymborg, Alfred (1883–1966) poet, editor, dramatist; born in New York City. He had little schooling, was a chess prodigy, traveled often, and became a journalist and editor based in New York City. He is known as an initiator of the "little" literary magazine, and, among other ventures, he founded The Glebe (1913–14), a publication showcasing the Imagists, and Others (1915–19), an experimental periodical. He was also interested in puppets, and with his wife, Remo Buffano, started a puppet theater. In the 1930s he directed poetic dramas for the Federal Theater Project.