William Troy (writer and educator)
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William Troy was a writer and teacher. He was married to poet and teacher Léonie Adams
.
.
After graduation, he taught for one year at the University of New Hampshire
and then attended graduate school at Columbia University
. He taught at several universities and colleges throughout his life, including New York University
, Bennington College
, and New School University. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Troy was a regular literary and film reviewer for The Nation
and he published essays, reviews, and poems in various literary journals. He was a popular teacher and is remembered as a great lecturer on James Joyce
and Shakespeare.
He married poet Léonie Adams
in 1933.
He died of cancer of the larynx on May 26, 1961.
Léonie Adams
Léonie Fuller Adams was an American poet. She was appointed the seventh Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1948.-Biography:...
.
Life and work
Troy was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in nearby Oak Park, and attended Loyola Academy for high school. He sold his first review to a newspaper while still in high school. After high school he attended Yale UniversityYale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
.
After graduation, he taught for one year at the University of New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire
The University of New Hampshire is a public university in the University System of New Hampshire , United States. The main campus is in Durham, New Hampshire. An additional campus is located in Manchester. With over 15,000 students, UNH is the largest university in New Hampshire. The university is...
and then attended graduate school at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. He taught at several universities and colleges throughout his life, including New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
, Bennington College
Bennington College
Bennington College is a liberal arts college located in Bennington, Vermont, USA. The college was founded in 1932 as a women's college and became co-educational in 1969.-History:-Early years:...
, and New School University. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Troy was a regular literary and film reviewer for The Nation
The Nation
The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. The periodical, devoted to politics and culture, is self-described as "the flagship of the left." Founded on July 6, 1865, It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.The Nation...
and he published essays, reviews, and poems in various literary journals. He was a popular teacher and is remembered as a great lecturer on James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...
and Shakespeare.
He married poet Léonie Adams
Léonie Adams
Léonie Fuller Adams was an American poet. She was appointed the seventh Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1948.-Biography:...
in 1933.
He died of cancer of the larynx on May 26, 1961.