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Louis Edward Sissman (January 1, 1928 Detroit – March 10, 1976) was a poet and advertising executive. ==Biography== Sissman was raised in Detroit. He went to private schools, and in 1941 he became a national spelling champion. He was a Quiz Kid. Near the end of World War II Sissman entered Harvard. He was expelled but returned, graduating in 1949 as Class Poet. In 1950's, he worked at Prentice-Hall as a copyeditor in New York City. In the 1960s, he worked at odd jobs, including campaigning for John F. Kennedy. Eventually, he was hired by Quinn and Johnson Advertising, in Boston, and he rose to Creative Vice President. He married Anne, and lived in Still River. In 1965, he discovered he had Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He fought the disease for a decade. He wrote book reviews and poems for ''The New Yorker'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The New Yorker Book of Poems )〕 monthly columns for the ''Atlantic'', and was published in ''Harper's Magazine''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=L.E. Sissman )〕 His papers are at Harvard University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sissman, L.E., 1928-1976. L. E. Sissman additional papers: Guide. )〕 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「L. E. Sissman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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