Background
Olson, Charles was born on December 27, 1910 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Joseph and Mary Theresa (Hines) Olson.
Olson, Charles was born on December 27, 1910 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Joseph and Mary Theresa (Hines) Olson.
Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, 1932, Master of Arts, 1933. Postgraduate studies, Harvard, 1939.
Instructor, Clark University, 1934-1936. Instructor, tutor Harvard and Radcliffe College, 1936-1939. Visiting teacher Black Mountain College, 1948-1949, teacher and rector, 1951-1956.
Visiting lecturer, professor State University of New York, Buffalo, 1963-1965.
Visiting professor U. Connecticut, 1969-1970. Also director foreign languages
Office of War Information, 1942-1944. Poetry readings at numerous colleges, poetry conferences, since 1957.
Guggenheim fellow, 1939, 48.
Wenner-Gren Foundation grant, 1952. Author: Call Maine Ishmael, 1947. Y & X, 1948; Projective Verse, 1950.
A Letter for Melville, 1951.
Apollonius of Tyana, 1951. In Cold Hell in Thicket, 1952.
Mayan Letters, 1953, Maximus 1-10, 1953, O’Ryan, 1-10, 1958-1965, Maximus 11-12, 1956. The Maximus Poems, 1960.
The Distances, 1960; Maximus From Dogtown, 1961.
Distances, 1960. Maximus From Dogtown, 1961. Apellez-Moi Ismael, 1962.
A Bibliography on America for Editor Dorn, 1964.
Gedichte, 1965. Proprioception, 1965. Human Universe, 1965.
Maximus Poems IV, V, VI, 1968.
Selected Writings, 1967. Letters for Origin, 1969. Special View of History, 1970.
Archeologist of Morning, 1970.
Address: Gloucester Master of Arts.
Children: Katherine Mary, Charles Peter.