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Ezra J. Poulsen

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Ezra James Poulsen was born in Paris, Idaho in 1889 to James Sirrene and Grace Price Poulsen. He served an LDS mission to the southern states, and went on to attend Brigham Young University. After graduating, Ezra began teaching and served as principal of Garden City Junior High and Juab Stake Seminary. He was also head of the English department at Granite High School. Later he was an editor of the Salt Lake Telegram and associate editor of Inter-mountain Horseman. He married Elsie Sullivan in June, 1913 in the Salt Lake temple.

Ezra authored several volumes of published biography, two novels, and three collections of verse. He contributed fiction, non-fiction, and verse to a wide variety of religious and general magazines and newspapers.

Ezra James Poulsen
LDS
LDS (member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
Elsie Florence Sullivan Poulsen
1889-12-26
Paris, Idaho
1980-12-31
Southern States
Brigham Young University
Male
Author, Poet, Teacher
English

13 Works by Ezra J. Poulsen

Title Role Year Genre
The Rock and the River (pt. 1) Author 1944 Short Story
The Rock and the River (pt. 2) Author 1944 Short Story
The Rock and the River (pt. 3) Author 1944 Short Story
Windy Hilltop (I) Author 1948 Short Story
Windy Hilltop (II) Author 1948 Short Story
Windy Hilltop (III) Author 1948 Short Story
White September (I) Author 1950 Short Story
White September (II) Author 1950 Short Story
White September (III) Author 1950 Short Story
A Place for Three Author 1950 Fiction
A Sonnet to Death Author 1926 Poetry
Street of Doubt Author 1934 Poetry
Behold the Sun Rises Author 1972 Novel
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