Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin (b. 1913)

Biography

Kenneth Beaudoin has had many occupations; besides writing poetry, he operated an art gallery and published a magazine called Iconograph. In 1949 he moved back to Memphis, where he works in the Special Investigations Bureau of the Memphis Police Department (Warren and Mcclaren); in 1953 he became the workshop director for the Poetry Society of Tennessee. His work has been "widely published in England, Wales, France, West Germany, Greece, Italy, India, Japan, New Zealand, Canada, and Australia" (Warren and Mcclaren).

Beaudoin's works are considered to be in the Southern romantic tradition (Warren and Mcclaren). He is known for his use of the EYE poem, "poetry with printed rather than conceived words against graphics in vrai collage" (Warren and Mcclaren)

Bibliography

Non-Fiction

• The Warren Mounds (1950)

Poetry

• Pavanne for Gorley Dead
• Hot Springs Holiday
• Strange April
• Selected Poems (1970)
• Moon in Jefferson Street (1974)
• River Cycle #4 (1975)
• Book of the Hours (1965)
• Publisher of Iconograph (New Orleans and New York)

Sources and Links

• Eye poem samples
• Tennessee State Library and Archives
• Warren, John William, and Adrian W. McClaren. Tennessee Belles-Lettres: A Guide to Tennessee Literature. Morristown, TN: Morrison Print Co., 1977.

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