Melville Henry Cane

About

American poet, author, and attorney who is best remembered for his 1953 work Making a Poem. His other publications include All and Sundry: An Oblique Autobiography and Bullet-Hunting.

Before Fame

Early in his career, he worked as a reporter for The New York Evening Post. He published his debut poetry collection, Behind Dark Spaces, in 1930.

Trivia

He wrote the libretto for a comic opera while he was a student at Columbia University.

Family Life

He lived to be one hundred years old.

Associated With

His degree in copyright law allowed him to advise author Sinclair Lewis on legal affairs.