Cale Young Rice
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Cale Young Rice (December 11, 1872 – January 24, 1943) was an American poet and dramatist.
He was born at Dixon, Ky. to Laban Marchbanks Rice, a Confederate veteran and tobacco merchant, and his wife Martha Lacy. He was a younger brother of Laban Lacy Rice, a noted educator. Cale Rice grew up in Evansville, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky. He was educated at Cumberland University and at Harvard (A.B., 1895; A.M., 1896).
He was married to the popular author Alice Hegan Rice; they worked together on several books. The marriages was childless, and Cale committed suicide at his home in Louisville a year after her death due to his sorrow at losing her.
Cale Rice's poems were collected and published in a single volume by his brother, Laban Lacy Rice.
His birthplace in Dixon is designated by Kentucky State Historical Marker 1508.
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[edit] Earlier works
[edit] Verse
- From Dusk to Dusk (1898)
- With Omar (1900)
- Song Surf (1900)
- Nirvana Days (1908)
- Many Gods (1910)
- At the World's Heart (1914)
[edit] Plays
- Charles di Tocca (1903)
- Yolanda of Cypress (1906)
- A Night in Avignon (1907)
- The Immortal Lure (1911)
- Porzia (1913)
[edit] Collection
- Collected Plays and Poems (two volumes, 1915)
[edit] External links
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