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Edward Leslie Mayo (born July 26, 1904, Dorchester, Massachusetts - December 1979, Grinnell, Iowa) was an American poet. ==Life== He attended schools in Malden, Massachusetts, then Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. For three years thereafter he held miscellaneous jobs as a brush salesman, clerk in a music store, waiter in the Mount Washington Hotel, and wine steward in the Bahamas. In 1929 he returned to study at the University of Minnesota. He graduated ''magna cum laude'' in 1932, taking his M.A. in 1936. From 1947 Mayo taught at Phillips Academy, Drake University. He was professor of English at Iowa Wesleyan College, and in 1961 received an honorary degree. When Mayo died in 1979, he was survived by his wife, Myra Margaret Buchanan Morton, and children: Mary Elizabeth, Alice Myra Breemer, John Harvey, and grandchildren.〔(E. L. Mayo - Ohio University Press & Swallow Press )〕〔"E L Mayo." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2001. Literature Resources from Gale〕 He taught Roger Weaver (poet) at the University of Oregon.〔(WebCite query result )〕 The American poet and essayist Ben Howard was his student at Drake University, 1962-1964, 1965-1966. His work appeared in ''Poetry'',〔(On Growing Invisible by On Growing Invisible E. L. Mayo : Poetry Magazine )〕〔(December 1940 : Poetry Magazine )〕 ''Poetry Magazine'',〔(February 1949 : Poetry Magazine )〕 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「E. L. Mayo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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