| LC control no. | n 79123980 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3560.O485 |
| Personal name heading | Jones, Hettie |
| Variant(s) | Cohen, Hettie Roberta |
| See also | Graduate of: Mary Washington College Founded corporate body of person: Totem Press (New York, N.Y.) |
| Located | New York (N.Y.) Fredericksburg (Va.) |
| Birth date | 1934-06-15 |
| Death date | 2024-08-13 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Field of activity | Poetry Writing Beats (Persons) |
| Affiliation | Mary Washington College Totem Press (New York, N.Y.) |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Editors Publishers and publishing Educators |
| Found in | Author's Poems now, 1966. How I became Hettie Jones, c1990: CIP title page (Hettie Jones) galley (Hettie Cohen before marriage to LeRoi Jones) Drive, 1998: CIP title page (Hettie Jones) data sheet (born 15 June 1934) New York times, online viewed August 29,2024 (Hettie Jones; died August 13,2024 in Philadelphia (Pa.); Hettie Roberta Cohen was born on July 16, 1934, in Brooklyn and grew up in the Laurelton section of Queens; learned hebrew as a child; graduated from Mary Washington College in Fredricksburg (Va.); with her husband LeRoi Jones, a poet, started a literary magazine named Yūgen in 1958 and launched Totem Press; an editor at Partisan Review; worked for several publishing houses; taught poetry and writing at various institutions; house was a meeting place for the Beats) <https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/books/hettie-jones-dead.html> |
| Associated language | eng heb |
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