Sterling, George, 1869-1926
Dates
- Existence: 1869 - 1926
Biography
George Sterling (December 1, 1869 – November 17, 1926) was an American writer based in the San Francisco, California Bay Area and Carmel-by-the-Sea. He was considered a prominent poet and playwright and proponent of Bohemianism during the first quarter of the twentieth century. His work was admired by writers as diverse as Jack London, Upton Sinclair, Theodore Dreiser, and Sinclair Lewis, but is largely forgotten today.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
George Sterling papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-356
MS-356
Date(s):
1918 to 1941
Abstract
George Sterling (1869-1926), writer. The collection contains correspondence with Rolfe Humphries, Harold G. Rugg and Mira Maclay as well as fair copies (most signed) of 16 of his poems.