Arthur Guiterman

Born: 1871

Arthur Guiterman  [1871-1943]  was an American writer best known for his humorous poems.  He was born of American parents in Vienna and graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1891. He was an editor of the Woman's Home Companion and the Literary Digest.  Beginning in 1907 and continuing for the rest of his life, he was the author of over a dozen collections of poems, including: Betel Nuts, What They Say In Hindustan (1907), The Laughing Muse (1915), The Light Guitar (1923), Wildwood Fables (1927), Gaily the Troubadour (1936).  He co-founded the Poetry Society of America in 1910.  Guiterman died on January 11, 1943. Source

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