George Sterling
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George Sterling was a prominent American poet, an acclaimed playwright, and a proponent of Bohemianism during the first quarter of the twentieth century. His work was admired by writers as diverse as Ambrose Bierce, Theodore Dreiser, Robinson Jeffers, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, H. P. Lovecraft, H. L.
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1903 The Testimony of the Suns and Other Poems by George Sterling, first edition
1907 July 27: Front cover of The Triumph of Bohemia by George Sterling. Cover art by Ernest Peixotto.
1909 A Wine of Wizardry and Other Poems by George Sterling, first edition first state
1911 The House of Orchids and Other Poems by George Sterling, cover art by Porter Garnett
First printed edition of A Masque of the Cities, a play by George Sterling and Henry Anderson Lafler performed April 7, 1913
1916 Yosemite: An Ode by George Sterling
1916 The Evanescent City, George Sterling's best-selling bookWriters from United States 6
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George Sterling was a prominent American poet, an acclaimed playwright, and a proponent of Bohemianism during the first quarter of the twentieth century. His work was admired by writers as diverse as Ambrose Bierce, Theodore Dreiser, Robinson Jeffers, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, H. P. Lovecraft, H. L. Mencken, Upton Sinclair, and Clark Ashton Smith. Sterling worked mostly in California's San Francisco Bay Area and Carmel-by-the-Sea, but also spent time as a writer in New York City, Sag Harbor, Los Angeles, and Hollywood. He influenced many writers. In addition, Sterling played a major role in the growth of the California cities of Oakland, Piedmont, and Carmel-by-the-Sea.
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