Background
Sparks, Theo Merrill was born on October 5, 1922 in Mount Etna, Iowa, United States. Son of David G. and Ollie M. (Hickman) Sparks.
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Theo Merrill Sparks
Edit ProfileEntertainer translator songwriter poet
Education
Student, University Besancon, France, 1945. Bachelor, University Southern California, 1948. Postgraduate, University Iowa, 1951.
Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1952.
Career
Entertainer as singer, pianist Los Angeles, Midwest, Florida, New York and New Jersey areas, since 1953. Composer songs including Sleepy Village, 1942, Christmas Came Early This Year, 1946, A Heart of Gold, 1956, Anima Eroica, 1966, An Italian Voyage, 1976, O Come and Join the Angels, 1982, Ballad of Ollie and Bart, 1983, Elegy, 1987, Ave Maria, 1988, I Must Remember The Cross, 1991. poems public in magazines including Western Review, Choice, Coastlines, South & West, New York Review Books. Poems included in: Arts of Russia, Primer of Experimental Poetry, The Portable 20th Century Russian Reader, 20th Century Russian Poetry, play (musical) Icaria, 1986.
Co-editor, co-translator (with Vladimir Markov) Modern Russian Poetry, 1967.
Achievements
Membership
Member Adams County Compensation Board With Army of the United States, 1942-1946m European Theatre of Operations, Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. Member American Society of Composers, American Civil Liberties Union, American Federation Musicians, Authors Guild, The Songwriters Guild, Vista, The National Icarian Heritage Society, Adams County History Society, Icarian Players, Alliance Francaise, Modern Poetry Association, Iowa Friends of Library., Iowa Genealogical Society, Certified Local Government (moderator Great Books program), Rotary (Paul Harris fellow).
