Background
Dillon, George was born on November 12, 1906 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Son of William and Adah (Hill) Dillon.
Dillon, George was born on November 12, 1906 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Son of William and Adah (Hill) Dillon.
He graduated from The University of Chicago in 1927 with a degree in English.
Viewing, from the top of the Eiffel Tower, the German Army being driven from Paris, he signaled, in Morse, "Paris is Free". Though included in several contemporary anthologies, Dillon"s works are largely out of print. Today he is perhaps best known as one of the many lovers of Edna Saint Vincent Millay, whom he met in 1928 at The University of Chicago, where she was giving a reading.
Dillon was the inspiration for Millay"s epic 52-sonnet sequence Fatal Interview and they later collaborated on translations from Charles Baudelaire"s Les Fleurs du Mal in 1936.
Served with United States Signal Corps, Africa, Europe, 1942-1945. Member PEN, Sigma Nu, Phi Beta Kappa. Member Modern Poetry Association (president).