Eli Siegel

Background

Siegel, Eli was born on August 16, 1902 in Dvinsk, Latvia. Son of Mendel and Sarah (Einhorn) Siegel.

Education

Came to the United States, 1905, naturalized, 1912. Student Baltimore City College, 1916-1919.

Career

Contributor Baltimore American, 1925. Writer, lecturer, conductor poetry readings, New York City, 1926-1936. Book reviewer Scribner’s, 1931-1935.

Founder, 1940, since teacher Aesthetic Realism.

Known for shortest poem in world, I-/Why?, 1925. Author: The Scientific Criticism, 1923.

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana (Nation Poetry prize 1925), 1925. The Aesthetic Method in Self-Conflict, 1946.

Is Beauty the Making One of Opposites, 1955.

Williams’ Poetry Talked About, 1964. James and the Children: A Consideration of Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw, 1968. Hail, American Development, 1968.

The Williams-Siegel Documentary, 1970.

Goodbye Profit System, 1970. Children’s Guide to Parents and Other Matters, 1971.

Damned Welcome: Aesthetic Realism Maxims, 1972. The Frances Sanders Lesson and Two Related Works, 1974.

The Opposites Class, 1975.

Address: New York, New New York

Achievements

• Eli Siegel has been listed as a noteworthy poet. by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Martha Baird, October 7, 1944.

Father:

Mendel Siegel

Mother:

Sarah (Einhorn) Siegel

Spouse:

Martha Baird