![]() ![]() In 1939, Stuart married Naomi Deane Norris, a school teacher, and they settled in W-Hollow. In 1937 Stuart won a Guggenheim Fellowship, and lived and studied for 14 months in Scotland, from where he travelled all over Europe. įrom 1933 to 1937 he was principal of McKell High School. While at Vanderbilt he published his debut collection of poetry, a vanity publication called Harvest of Youth. He did graduate studies for a year at Vanderbilt University, where he came to know poets Robert Penn Warren, John Crowe Ransom, and Donald Davidson. ![]() Career Īfter graduating he returned to the his home area, becoming principal and teacher at Warnock High School (a 1-room high school), and then principal at Greenup High School. Stuart attended Lincoln Memorial University, near Harrogate, Tennessee, where he befriended writers James Still and Don West. After graduation he worked in a carnival, spent 6 months in a Citizens Military Training Camp at Camp Knox, Tennessee, and then worked for 6 months in a steel mill in Ashland, Kentucky. He had less than 2 years of education in the local 1-room schoolhouse, before entering Greenup High School. Stuart was born near Riverton, Greenup co., Kentucky, to Mitchell and Martha (Hilton) Stuart on August 8, 1907. Born and raised in Greenup County, Kentucky, he relied heavily on the rural locale of Northeastern Kentucky for his writings. ![]() Stuart is known for writing short stories, poetry, and novels about Southern Appalachia. ![]()
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