The Fitz-Greene Halleck Society
Read Marvin Olasky’s Article on the First Fitz-Greene Halleck Day!
“No name in the American poetical world is more firmly
established than that of Fitz-Greene Halleck.”
- Edgar Allan Poe
One of the few, the immortal names,
That were not born to die.
- from “Marco Bozzaris” by Fitz-Greene Halleck
Fame is fleeting; obscurity is forever – Napoleon
Fitz-Greene Halleck, once dubbed “The America Byron” is most
notable now for his inclusion in the “Literary Walk” on the
Mall in New York’s Central Park – an honor only shared by
Sir Walter Scott, Robert Burns, and Shakespeare.
The Fitz-Greene Halleck society is dedicated to the memory
(or rather the memory of the forgetting) of this one time
literary titan.
The Society will commemorate the fickle nature of fame every
July 8th (Halleck’s birthday) by gathering at his statue in
Central Park. His works will be read aloud, and offerings
left – with special honor given to objects related to
failure and scorn by one’s contemporaries – especially in
the field of letters.
Respectfully submitted,
Kenan Minkoff
President of the Fitz-Greene Halleck Society
Read Halleck’s entry in the Dictionary of Literary Biography®
