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Russell Atkins is a musician, playwright, and poet from Cleveland, Ohio, known primarily for his contributions to American ''avant garde'' poetry. He was born in 1926 and raised on Cleveland's east side by three women - his mother, his grandmother, and his aunt Mae - after his father deserted the family. The family resided in Atkins' aunt Mae's home.〔Atkins, R., ''Here in The,'' Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland State University Poetry Center (1976).〕 Trained as a musician and visual artist, Atkins studied at Cleveland College, Cleveland Music School Settlement, Cleveland Institute of Music, Karamu House, and Cleveland School of Art.〔Fleming, Robert, (2013). ("Russell Atkins: On the Life & Work of an American Master" (review) ), AALBC. Retrieved 3 December 2014.〕 His plays ''The Abortionist'' and ''The Corpse'' debuted in 1954. Following this, he founded ''Free Lance, A Magazine of Poetry and Prose'' in 1950 with his friend, Adelaide Simon, with the first issue containing an introduction by Langston Hughes.〔Joyce, D. F. (1991), "Free Lance Press", ''Black Book Publishers in the United States: A Historical Dictionary of the Presses, 1817-1990'', pp. 112-115. Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport CT. ISBN 0-313-26783-9〕 It attracted writers from all over the world, leading the now-defunct ''Black World'' to call it "the only Black literary magazine of national importance in existence."〔 In 1959 Free Lance Press began publishing books, with a volume of poetry from Conrad Kent Rivers.〔 ''Free Lance'' was under Atkins leadership for more than two decades, and allowed Atkins to correspond with writers from across the country.〔K. Prufer (ed.), ''Russell Atkins: On the life and work of an American master''. Warrensburg, Mo.: Pleiades Press (2013). ISBN 978-0964145443〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rediscovering Russell Atkins - Belt Magazine - Dispatches From The Rust Belt )〕 Russell Atkins resided in his aunt Mae's house on Cleveland's East Side for 62 years, until 2010, when the city took possession and demolished it. Afterward, he moved into the Fenway Manor apartments near Case Western Reserve University, where he still resides today.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Profile: Russell Atkins )〕 ==Works== Atkins was one of the first concrete poets in the United States. Concrete poetry is a term for visual or shape poetry, in which the words on the page are arranged in such a way as to enhance a poem's meaning. He was also an innovator in poetic drama. Much of Atkins' most challenging work—including the verse drama ''The Abortionist''—was published in ''Free Lance''. Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten introduced Atkins' work to magazines. Hughes read his poems at the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago, and Marrianne Moore read them on the radio in 1951.〔 Atkins' books include ''Phenomena'' (1961), ''Objects'' (1963), ''Heretofore'' (1968), ''Maleficum'' (1971), ''Objects 2'' (1973) and ''Here in The'' (1976), which is Atkins' only full length poetry collection. 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「Russell Atkins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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