Virginia Hamilton Adair
Virginia Hamilton Adair was born in New York on February 28th, 1913 and is the Poet. At the age of 91, Virginia Hamilton Adair biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 91 years old, Virginia Hamilton Adair physical status not available right now. We will update Virginia Hamilton Adair's height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, and measurements.
Virginia Hamilton Adair (February 28, 1913, New York City, California) was an American poet who became well-known later in life with the publication of Ants on the Melon in 1996.
Career
Adair did not publish again for nearly 50 years, although she made publications in 1930s and 1940s in Saturday Review, The Atlantic, and The New Republic. Several elements preoccupied her over the years and lured her away from publishing her own work. Her 1936 marriage to prominent historian Douglass Adair, motherhood (she had three children), and an academic career were among her topics. She was also discouraged from releasing her work due to her distaste for the publishing industry's gamesmanship.
Adair's return to publishing came in the 1990s, following her husband's death in 1968, her retirement from teaching, and her loss of vision from glaucoma. Robert Mezey, Adair's friend and fellow poet, forwarded a selection of her poems to Alice Quinn, The New Yorker's poetry editor. The work was first published in 1995 by the New Yorker in 1995, and "Ants on the Melon" followed shortly. Adair's work appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books regularly.