1. Stark Young was an American teacher, playwright, novelist, painter, literary critic, translator, and essayist.
22 Facts About Stark Young
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Stark Young's mother, Mary Clark Starks, was a direct descendant of the McGehees, an old planter family; she died when he was nine years old.
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Shortly after her death, Stark Young was sent to live at the McGehee Plantation in Senatobia, Mississippi.
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Stark Young entered the University of Mississippi at the age of 15 and graduated from that institution in 1901.
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Stark Young completed his Master's Degree at Columbia University in New York in 1902.
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Stark Young resigned to pursue other interests and moved to New York City.
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Stark Young worked at The New Republic until his retirement in 1947.
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Stark Young's plays include: Guenevere, Addio, Madretta, At The Shrine, The Star In The Trees, Twilight Saint, The Dead Poet, The Seven Kings and the Wind, and The Queen of Sheba, to name a few.
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In 1926 Stark Young wrote his first novel Heaven Trees.
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In 1930, Stark Young contributed to the agrarian manifesto, I'll Take My Stand.
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Stark Young was one of 12 Southern writers, a group including Allen Tate, known as the Southern Agrarians.
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Stark Young drew on the traditions of his Southern upbringing for inspiration.
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Stark Young wrote essays, journalistic articles, and collections of stories that drew on these sources.
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Stark Young translated a number of plays by Anton Chekhov, including The Sea Gull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard, all of which were published in 1956 by The Modern Library as Best Plays by Chekhov.
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Stark Young's paintings were shown in four important venues, including the Art Institute of Chicago, which purchased one of his works for its permanent collection.
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In 1951 Stark Young published his memoir, The Pavilion, dedicated to his friend Allen Tate.
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Stark Young was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame, as well as the New York University Hall of Fame.
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Stark Young was the recipient of Creative Arts Medallion from Brandeis University and the Southeastern Theatre Conference's Distinguished Career Award.
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Stark Young gave them in Italian as a Westinghouse Lecturer in Italy.
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Stark Young served on the board of New York University and was a theater critic for the New York Times.
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Stark Young suffered a stroke in May 1959 and died four years later.
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Stark Young was buried in Friendship Cemetery in Como, Mississippi.