Virginia Hamilton Adair was born on February 28, 1913 in New York. American poet and author famous for Beliefs and Blasphemies and Ants on the Melon. The 1996 publication of the latter work made Adair famous when she was well into her eighties.
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About
American poet and author famous for Beliefs and Blasphemies and Ants on the Melon. The 1996 publication of the latter work made Adair famous when she was well into her eighties.
Before Fame
She wrote her first poem at the age of two and began writing on a regular basis at age six. She later studied English at both Mount Holyoke College and Radcliffe College.
Trivia
She taught for more than two decades at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona.
Family Life
She married Historian Douglass Adair in 1936. Her husband committed suicide in 1968.
Associated With
She was a contemporary of fellow American poet Langston Hughes.
