Sarah henderson hay biography

Sara Henderson Hay. Sara Henderson Hay, award winning modern poet, was.
Biography: Writer.
Sara Henderson Hay, author of six books of poetry, died July 7 at her home in Pittsburgh.

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Last year for National Poetry Month I wrote a couple of blog posts about anthologies of poems by Alabama authors. One focused on Alabama Poetrypublished in 1945 and edited by Louise Crenshaw Ray. Another looked at the Anthology of Alabama Poetry 1928 published by the Alabama Writers Conclave. In this post for the annual poetry celebration, I want to discuss a particular poet with state connections, Sara Henderson Hay.

She was born on November 13, 1906 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Anniston. Her parents were Daisy Henderson [Baker] Hay and Ralph Watson Hay. The 1940 U.S. Census gives Daisy's birthplace as Alabama and the year as about 1878; she died in Anniston on August 27, 1966. Ralph was also born in Pittsburgh on February 9, 1873, and died there on February 23, 1938. Hay's parents were married in Anniston on November 15, 1905.

The family seems to have done a lot of back-and-forth between Pennsylvania and Alabama. According to his Find-A-Grave listing, her father was a superintendent with Samuel W. Hay's Sons , & Manufacturers Light

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This Goodly Land

Sara Henderson Hay (November 13, 1906–July 7, 1987)

Other Names Used

Sara Holden: married name (first husband)
Sally Lopatnikoff: married name (second husband)

Alabama Connections

Anniston, Calhoun County: childhood residence, home of mother's relatives

Selected Works

Hay, Sara Henderson. Field of Honor. Dallas: Kaleidograph Press, 1933.
Hay, Sara Henderson. This, My Letter. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1939.
Hay, Sara Henderson. The Delicate Balance. New York: Scribner, 1951.
Hay, Sara Henderson. The Stone and the Shell. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1959.
Hay, Sara Henderson. Story Hour. New York: Doubleday, 1963. Rpt. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1998.
Hay, Sara Henderson. A Footing on This Earth: Poems. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1966.
Hay, Sara Henderson. Seasons of the Heart: In Quest of Faith: Poems. Alison Park, Pa.: Pickwick Publications, 1989.

Literary Awards

Kaleidograph Award, Kaleidograph Press, 1933, for Field of Honor
Edna St. Vincent Millay Memorial Award, Poetry Society of American, 1952
Biography:
Writer. Born– November 13, 1906, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Parents– Ralph Watson and Daisy Henderson (Baker) Hay. Married– Raymond Peckham Holder, 1937. Married–Nikolai Lopatnikoff, January 27, 1951. Education– Noble Institute, Anniston, and Anniston (Ala.) High School; Brenau College, 1926-1928; Columbia University, 1928-1931. Employed by Charles Scribner and Sons Rare Book Department, 1935-1942. Published poems in the Anniston Star; reviewed poetry for Saturday Review of Literature. Received the Edna St. Vincent Millay Award from the Poetry Society of America, 1951; the Pegasus Award in 1960. Named a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania, 1963. Elected to the Alabama Academy of Distinguished Authors, 1983. Died July 7, 1987.
Source:
Contemporary Authors online; Who’s Who of American Women, 1961; files at Jacksonville State University.
Publication(s):
The Delicate Balance. New York; Scribner, 1951.
Fields of Honor. Dallas, Tex.; Kaleidograph Press, 1933.
The Footing on the Earth. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1966.
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