With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Leo Connellan
Poetry
1928 – 2001
- Biography/Description of Work
A salesman by day, Connellan traveled throughout the US until setting in 1969 in Sprague to cover a New England sales territory. His poetry had a rough, ‘everyman’ voice, and won several prizes. His collected volumes include “Crossing America,” Provincetown and Other Poems” and “The Clear Blue Lobster-Water Country.” Poet in residence at the Connecticut State University system from 1987 to his death, Connellan was also appointed to a five-year term as Connecticut poet laureate in 1996 - second after James Merrill.
- Sources view
- NYTimes obituary 2001.
- Associated Resource(s)
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