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{{Short description|American poet}}
{{Short description|American poet}}
''For the American entertainment lawyer, see [[Irwin Russell]].''
''For the American entertainment lawyer, see [[Irwin Russell]].''
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| name = Irwin Russell
| name = Irwin Russell
| image = Irwin Russell-Southern Life in Southern Literature 428.png
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| birth_date = June 3, 1853
| birth_date = June 3, 1853
| birth_place = [[Port Gibson, Mississippi]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Port Gibson, Mississippi]], U.S.
| death_date = December 23, 1879
| death_date = December 23, 1879 (aged 26)
| death_place = [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], U.S.
| death_place = [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], U.S.
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'''Irwin Russell''' (June 3, 1853 - December 23, 1879) was an American poet.<ref name="washpostmenandwomen">{{cite news |title=Men and Women Whose Writings Have Won Laurels for the South |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/28980248/?terms=%22irwin%20russell%22&match=1 |access-date=January 3, 2021 |work=The Washington Post |date=January 13, 1907|page=8|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> His poems were published in ''[[Scribner's Magazine]]'' and ''[[The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate|The Times-Democrat]]''.<ref name="thetimesdemocratobit">{{cite news |title=Irwin Russell |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/232863641/?terms=%22irwin%20russell%22&match=1 |access-date=January 3, 2021 |work=The Times-Democrat |location=New Orleans, Louisiana |date=December 24, 1879|page=4|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> His bust was installed in the [[Mississippi State Capitol]] in 1907.<ref name="olemissrussell">{{cite web |title=Irwin Russell |url=http://mwp.olemiss.edu//dir/russell_irwin/ |website=The Mississippi Writers Page |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=January 3, 2021}}</ref><ref name="columbusmemorial">{{cite news |title=The Irwin Russell Memorial. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/465129569/?terms=%22irwin%20russell%22&match=1 |access-date=January 3, 2021 |work=The Columbus Weekly Dispatch |location=Columbus, Mississippi |date=May 16, 1907|page=8|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
'''Irwin Russell''' (June 3, 1853 - December 23, 1879) was an American poet.<ref name="washpostmenandwomen">{{cite news |title=Men and Women Whose Writings Have Won Laurels for the South |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/28980248/?terms=%22irwin%20russell%22&match=1 |access-date=January 3, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 13, 1907|page=8|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> His poems were published in ''[[Scribner's Magazine]]'' and ''[[The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate|The Times-Democrat]]''.<ref name="thetimesdemocratobit">{{cite news |title=Irwin Russell |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/232863641/?terms=%22irwin%20russell%22&match=1 |access-date=January 3, 2021 |work=The Times-Democrat |location=New Orleans, Louisiana |date=December 24, 1879|page=4|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> His bust was installed in the [[Mississippi State Capitol]] in 1907.<ref name="olemissrussell">{{cite web |title=Irwin Russell |url=http://mwp.olemiss.edu//dir/russell_irwin/ |website=The Mississippi Writers Page |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=January 3, 2021}}</ref><ref name="columbusmemorial">{{cite news |title=The Irwin Russell Memorial. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/465129569/?terms=%22irwin%20russell%22&match=1 |access-date=January 3, 2021 |work=The Columbus Weekly Dispatch |location=Columbus, Mississippi |date=May 16, 1907|page=8|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

He wrote "humorous, sympathetic pictures of the quaintly sage and irresponsibly happy old-time plantation negro."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V3QOAAAAIAAJ&dq=william+ward+mississippi+poet&pg=RA1-PA23 | title=Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society | year=1898 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 14:31, 6 September 2023

For the American entertainment lawyer, see Irwin Russell.

Irwin Russell
BornJune 3, 1853
Port Gibson, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedDecember 23, 1879 (aged 26)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
OccupationPoet

Irwin Russell (June 3, 1853 - December 23, 1879) was an American poet.[1] His poems were published in Scribner's Magazine and The Times-Democrat.[2] His bust was installed in the Mississippi State Capitol in 1907.[3][4]

He wrote "humorous, sympathetic pictures of the quaintly sage and irresponsibly happy old-time plantation negro."[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Men and Women Whose Writings Have Won Laurels for the South". The Washington Post. January 13, 1907. p. 8. Retrieved January 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Irwin Russell". The Times-Democrat. New Orleans, Louisiana. December 24, 1879. p. 4. Retrieved January 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Irwin Russell". The Mississippi Writers Page. University of Mississippi. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  4. ^ "The Irwin Russell Memorial". The Columbus Weekly Dispatch. Columbus, Mississippi. May 16, 1907. p. 8. Retrieved January 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society". 1898.


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