Alfred joyce kilmer biography

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Joyce Kilmer

American poet, editor, literary critic, soldier

Joyce Kilmer

Kilmer's Columbia University yearbook photograph, c. 1908

BornAlfred Joyce Kilmer
(1886-12-06)December 6, 1886
New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedJuly 30, 1918(1918-07-30) (aged 31)
near Seringes-et-Nesles, Marne, France
Cause of deathKilled in action
OccupationPoet, journalist, editor, lecturer, soldier
Alma materColumbia University (A.B.

1908)
Rutgers College

Period1909–1918
GenrePoetry, literary criticism, essays, Catholic theology
Notable worksTrees and Other Poems (1914), Main Street and Other Poems (1917)
SpouseAline Murray (1908–1918, his death)
Children5

Alfred Joyce Kilmer (December 6, 1886 – July 30, 1918) was an Americanwriter and poet mainly remembered for a short poem titled "Trees" (1913), which was published in the collection Trees and Other Poems in 1914.

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