Gale, Vi
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Birth Date
- 1917
Death Date
- 2007
Associated Locale
- Sweden
Associated Language
- English
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Sources
- found: Odd flowers & short-eared owls, 1984:CIP title page (Vi Gale)
- found: LC data base, 9-25-84(access point.: Gale, Vi)
- found: Oregon encyclopedia, via WWW, July 22, 2021 (Vi Gale; Oregon poet and publisher; born Viola HÃ¥kansson in rural Noret in central Sweden; in 1923 immigrated to the United States, where the family name was changed to Hokenson, and settled in Clatskanie, Oregon; in 1940 became a U.S. citizen and moved to Portland; married Jim Gale in 1942; her poetry was noticed in literary magazines by the legendary Denver publisher Alan Swallow, who brought out her first book, Several Houses, in 1959; for many years taught creative writing at the YWCA in Portland and around the state; in 1974 started a small Portland publishing house, Prescott Street Press, publishing new and acclaimed poets from the Northwest, Japan, and Sweden; died in 2007) - https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/_vi_gale_1917_2007_/#.YPms6EBlA2x
LC Classification
- PS3513.A336
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Change Notes
- 1984-09-27: new
- 2021-07-27: revised
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