Kenneth Fearing
Fellow: Awarded 1936
Field of Study: Poetry
Fellow: Awarded 1939
Field of Study: Poetry
Competition: US & Canada
Born: 07-28-1902
Died: 06-26-1961
As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1935–36:
FEARING, KENNETH FLEXNER: Appointed for creative writing in the field of poetry; tenure, twelve months from September 1, 1936.
Born July 28, 1902, in Chicago, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, 1920–22; University of Wisconsin, B.A., 1924.
Publications: Angel Arms, 1929; Poems, 1935. Contributor to New Masses, New Republic, New York Evening Post, Menorah Journal, New Yorker, New York Herald-Tribune Books, Scribner’s Magazine, American Spectator.