Gilbert Maxwell

Gilbert Maxwell (February 13, 1910-November 1979) was a poet, New York actor, and author.

Books

Gilbert, who was a friend of Tennessee Williams, wrote several books, including Tennessee Williams and Friends: an Informal Biography (1965) and Helen Morgan: Her Life and Legend New York: Hawthorn Books. ISBN 0-8015-4526-9.. (1974).

Poetry

Maxwell published poetry in Poetry magazine between 1933 and 1937. These included his poems Mortality, Boy and Hawk, Farewell, From a Piazza in the South, Symbol for Static Grief, and Forfeits.

Transcripts of his poems are located in the archives of the University of Florida.[1]

Final years

Gilbert spent his final years in Florida and died in North Miami Beach, Florida, in November 1979.

Bibliography

• Look to the Lightning. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1933. (Poetry)
• Stranger's Garment. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1936. (Poetry)
• The Dark Rain Falling. Prairie City, IL: Press of James A. Decker, 1942. (Poetry)
• The Sleeping Trees. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1949. (Fiction)
• Go Looking: Poems, 1933-1953. Boston: Bruce Humphries, 1954. (Poetry)
• Tennessee Williams and Friends. New York: The World Publishing Company, 1965. (Biography).
• Helen Morgan: Her Life and Legend. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1974. (Biography)

References

1. Guide to the Records of the Archives of Recorded Poetry

• St. Petersburg Times 1969
• Helen Morgan
• Abandoned books
• Richard Leavitt Collection of Tennessee Williams
• Poetry
• Poetry magazine