Léonie Adams

As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1928:

Adams, Léonie:  Appointed to do creative writing in poetry, and to translate the lyrics of François Villon, chiefly in Paris; tenure, twelve months from July 1, 1927.

 Born December 9, 1899, at Brooklyn, New York. Education: Barnard College, B.A., 1922.

 Poet.

 Publications: “Those Not Elect,” a book of poems, 1925. Poems in “American Poetry, A Miscellany,” 1927. Poems and reviews in The New Republic, Poetry, The Saturday Review of Literature, The Literary Review of the New York Evening Post, The Measure, Palms, and Liberator.