Quick Facts

• NAME: Edgar Lee Masters
• OCCUPATION: Author, Poet
• BIRTH DATE: August 23, 1868
• DEATH DATE: March 05, 1950
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Garnett, Kansas
• PLACE OF DEATH: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Best Known For

Poet and novelist Edgar Lee Masters wrote Spoon River Anthology, a series of epitaphs spoken from the grave by former residents of a fictitious small town.