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Edward L. Hart

Biography

Born and reared in Bloomington, Idaho, Edward L. Hart now resides in Provo, Utah, where he has been a professor of English at Brigham young University for many years. Hart has served as president of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, and has won an award in poetry in the Utah State Institute of Fine Arts competition (1963). In addition to being a Rhodes Scholar (at Oxford University) and a conference champion miler (1939), Hart has published Minor Lives (1971), stories, and numerous poems, articles, and book reviews. His work has been widely anthologized. Included in 75 Significant Mormon Poets

Religion

LDS

Connection to Mormonism

LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Birth Date

1916

Birth Place

Bloomington, Idaho

Education

B.S. Economics, University of Utah M.A. English Michigan D. Phil., Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar).

Career

He is emeritus professor of English at Brigham Young University. His major area of scholarly interest is English literature of the eighteenth century. Hart has taught at the universities of Washington, Utah, California (Berkeley).

Affiliations

Served as president of Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association.

Roles

Author, Editor, Interviewee

Awards

Rhodes Scholar (at Oxford University). A conference champion miler (1939). Won an award in poetry in the Utah State Institute of Fine Arts competition (1963). Received a first prize award in poetry and biography from the Utah State Institute of Fine Arts in 1973 and 1975. His collections of poetry ,To Utah, won the 1980 AML award for Poetry.

38 Works by Edward L. Hart

Title	Role	Year	Genre
Poems of Praise	Editor	1980	Poetry
The Relevance of Literature	Author		Criticism
When All Has Been Given	Author		Poetry
The Gentle Way	Author		Poetry
On Listening to Jorge Luis Borges	Author		Poetry
Instruction and Delight	Editor	1976
A Lesson in History	Author		Poetry
The Gathering	Author		Poetry
The Launching	Author		Poetry
To Utah	Author		Poetry
Wait Till the Wind Blows toward Utah	Author	1980	Poetry
John Hyde, Junior--An Earlier View	Author		Biography / Memoir
The Need Beyond Reason	Author		Personal Essay
Depletion	Author		Poetry
Mormon in Motion: The Life and Journals of James H. Hart 1825–1906 in England, France and America	Author	1978	History
Reflections on a Bereavement	Author		Personal Essay
The Good Life	Author	1992	Poetry
Ode to Isis	Author		Poetry
Writing: The Most Hazardous Craft	Author		Criticism
Winter	Author		Poetry
Spring	Author		Poetry
New York Provincial	Author		Poetry
Our Savior's Love	Author		Poetry
Restoration	Author		Poetry
The Fulness of Times	Author		Poetry
[Review of] Beginnings by Carol Lynn Pearson	Author		Review
Edward L. Hart	Interviewee		Interview / Panel
Japanese and English Poetry	Author		Criticism
The Transformations of Love	Author		Criticism
Our Savior's Love	Author		Music Lyrics
The Uintahs	Author		Poetry
A Monument for Phyllis	Author		Poetry
Bear Lake	Author		Poetry
Home and Office	Author		Poetry
Processional	Author		Poetry
The Wasatch	Author		Poetry
Unconquerable	Author		Poetry
Some Popular Non-Mormon Books Read by Mormons before 1900	Author		History