Background
Robinson, Henry Morton was born on September 7, 1898 in at Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry Morton and Ellen (Flynn) Robinson.
Robinson, Henry Morton was born on September 7, 1898 in at Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry Morton and Ellen (Flynn) Robinson.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1923, Master of Arts, 1924.
Instructor in English, Columbia, 1923-1926. Editor Contemporary Verse, 1925-1927. Free lance writer, 1927-1935.
Associate editor, Reader’s Digest, 1935-1942, a senior editor, 1942-1945.
Author: Children of Morningside, 1924. John Erskine, A Modern Acteon, 1928. Buck Fever, 1929
Stout Cortez, 1931.
Science versus Crime, 1935. Second Wisdom, 1936
Public Virtue, Private Good, 1937. “DW”, 1940
Fantastic Interim, 1943.
A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake, 1944 (with J. Campbell). The Perfect Round, 1945. The Great Snow, 1947.
The Cardinal 1950 (foreign editions many languages). The Enchanted Grindstone, 1952. Out of Line (with A. Zaidenberg), 1954.
Tale of Two Lovers, 1955. The Willingdone Museyroom, 1956. Water of Life, 1959. Contributor to James Joyce Miscellany, 1959.
Also articles, stories, verse to national mags.
Served as gunner’s mate, 3d class, United States Navy on United States Ship Aylwin and rifle ranges, World War I. Phi Beta Kappa poet, Columbia Commencement, 1931. Member American Irish History Society. Clubs: Columbia University, New York Athletic.
Married Gertrude Ludwig, October 18, 1926.; married second Vivian Wyndham, July 11, 1953. Children: Ellen, Hannele, Anthony.