Edgar Collins Bogardus (26 July 1927 – 11 May 1958) was an American poet. His work appeared in Kenyon Review,^[1] Shenandoah,^[2] Virginia Quarterly Review,^[3] Yale Literary Magazine.^[4]

Biography

He was born on 26 July 1927 in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He graduated from Yale University with a B.A. and an M.A. He taught at Carnegie Institute of Technology, the University of Connecticut, and Kenyon College. He was managing editor of the Kenyon Review.^[5] He died on 11 May 1958 in Mount Vernon, Ohio.

Awards

• 1953 Guggenheim Fellowship^[6]

Works

• Various jangling keys. Yale University Press. 1953.
• Last poems, The Kenyon review, 1960

Anthologies

• Robert T. Moore (ed.). "The Lament of Orpheus; The Wall of Rome". Best Poems of 1956: Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-1611-6.