Louis Kent

Louis Kent was an American poet.

Life

His work appeared in The New Yorker,^[1] Poetry Magazine,^[2]

Award

• 1949/1950 Shelley Memorial Award

Work

• "Actual Grape" (PDF). Beloit Poetry Journal: 15. Summer 1951. 
• "Wreaths for the Phoenix" (PDF). Beloit Poetry Journal: 16. Summer 1951. 
• Declensions of the air: Poems. Dutton. 1950. 

Review

In a review by Louise Townsend Nicholl, Kent received the following praise:

so far as I know, Louis Kent has never published another book of poems - which is too bad. Robert Hillyer, who was much interested in his work, brought him to me at Dutton's & I agreed on his "true lyrical genius", as Robert said. I had one few hours meeting with him & lunch - a tall young man, incisive & sincere & eager. Perhaps we will see his name again on a book someday. Louise Townsend Nicholl, 1956^[3]

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