Tietjens, Eunice

Tietjens, Eunice

▪ poet, novelist, and editor
in full  Eunice Strong Hammond Tietjens 
born July 29, 1884, Chicago
died Sept. 6, 1944, Chicago

      poet, novelist, and editor, whose eclectic interest in the cultures of the Far East was the basis of a prolific writing career. At various times she lived in Japan, China, Italy, Tunisia, and on the South Pacific island of Moorea. Out of her experiences she wrote poetry, plays, fiction for both adults and juveniles, and textbooks on China and Japan. She also edited an anthology of Oriental poetry. For 25 years she was editorially associated with Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. Her major poetry is contained in Body and Raiment (1919), Profiles from Home (1925), and Leaves in Windy Weather (1929). Her autobiography, The World at My Shoulders, appeared in 1938.

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