Como in Panola County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Stark Young

— Mississippi Writers Trail —

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2023

1. Stark Young Marker

Inscription. Young was born October 11, 1881, in Como. In 1897, two years after his family moved to Oxford, Mississippi, he enrolled at the University of Mississippi. He would receive his B.A. there in 1901, and an M.A. degree from Columbia University in New York the following year. Young's artistic career began in earnest after he was appointed to teach English at the University of Mississippi in 1904 and would span the next half century, including works of poetry, drama, literature, criticism, and painting. Young published his first volume of poetry, The Blind Man at the Window and Other Poems, in 1906, and his first novel, Heaven Trees, in 1926. So Red the Rose, his most popular work of fiction, was published in 1934 and later adapted as a movie. Young's literary portraits of "southern humanism" sought to redeem the image of the South after the destruction wrought by the Civil War and the brutal reality of slavery. He died January 6, 1963, in New York.

Erected 2022 by the Mississippi Writers Trail Advisory Committee.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music.

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In addition, it is included in the Mississippi Writers Trail series list. A significant historical date for this entry is January 6, 1963.

Location. 34° 30.675′ N, 89° 56.467′ W. Marker is in Como, Mississippi, in Panola County. It is on Main Street north of East Oak Street (State Route 310), on the left when traveling north. Located near the Emily J Pointer Public Library. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 104 Main St, Como MS 38619, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Mississippi Delta.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Stark Young (a few steps from this marker); Como (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Napolian Strickland

Stark Young Marker looking north on Main St. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2023

2. Stark Young Marker looking north on Main St.

(about 400 feet away); Mississippi Fred McDowell (about 500 feet away); Otha Turner (about 600 feet away); Como Commercial Historic District/Como Local Historic District (approx. ¼ mile away); Holy Innocents' Episcopal Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Sardis (approx. 5.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Como.

Also see . . . Wikipedia article on Stark Young. (Submitted on October 28, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

PD - Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, NYWT&S Collection, January 1, 1940

3. Stark Young Marker

Another nearby Stark Young Marker. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2023

4. Another nearby Stark Young Marker.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 28, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 252 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 28, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.