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Byron Herbert Reece (September 14, 1917 – June 3, 1958) was an American author of poetry and novels. During his life, he published four volumes of poetry and two volumes of fiction. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for ''Bow Down in Jericho'', his second volume of poetry, and received a Guggenheim Fellowship for fiction in 1952. Reece wrote the words of his legacy in four lines: :''From chips and shards, in idle times, :I made these stories, shaped these rhymes; :May they engage some friendly tongue :When I am past the reach of song.'' : : == General Biography == Born in Union County, Georgia on September 14, 1917, Reece began publishing poems locally while in high school, receiving his first widespread publication in 1943 with the publication of "Lest the Lonesome Bird" in the ''Prairie Schooner'' journal. ''Ballad of the Bones and Other Poems'', collecting Reece's poetry, soon followed, in 1945. Reece was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for ''Bow Down in Jericho'', his 1950 follow-up to that first, critically acclaimed publication. That same year, Reece published ''Better a Dinner of Herbs'', his first novel. In 1952, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship for fiction.〔(Byron Herbert Reece ), John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved on 2009-02-14.〕 1952 also saw a third volume of poetry, ''A Song of Joy'', while 1955 brought his second novel, ''The Hawk and the Sun'' and his final volume of poetry, ''The Season of Flesh''. On June 3, 1958, Reece committed suicide at the age of forty, responding to illness and depression. During his final years, Reece also taught classes at Young Harris College to earn extra money. He was found in his office, with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart playing on the record player and his final set of student papers graded and neatly stacked in the desk drawer.〔(2007 Georgia Literary Festival ) ''Union Sentinel''. September 13, 2007. Retrieved on 2009-02-14.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Byron Herbert Reece」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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