Near Belsano in Cambria County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Malcolm Cowley

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, June 14, 2014

1. Malcolm Cowley Marker

Inscription. Born here in 1898, Cowley became an influential literary critic, editor, poet, and historian after World War I. He chronicles the "Lost Generation" in Exile's Return, his most famous work. Blue Juniata, a book of verse, celebrates this region. He was Chancellor of the American Academy of Arts & Letters, 1966-1976. He died in Sherman, Conn. in 1989.

Erected 1994 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Communications • Education • War, World I. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1898.

Location. 40° 31.543′ N, 78° 53.181′ W. Marker is near Belsano, Pennsylvania, in Cambria County. It is on Benjamin Franklin Highway (U.S. 422) 0.9 miles west of Duman (Pennsylvania Route 271), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Belsano PA 15922, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands.

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It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: John Brophy (approx. 5 miles away); Mundy's Corner (approx. 6 miles away); Penn-Eben Hotel (approx. 8.8 miles away); Ebensburg (approx. 8.8 miles away); Veterans Park of Cambria County (approx. 8.9 miles away); Kimball Park (approx. 8.9 miles away); Ebensburg Historic District (approx. 8.9 miles away); Cambria County (approx. 9 miles away).

Also see . . .
1. Macolm Cowley at FindAGrave.com. (Submitted on June 14, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
2. The Poetry Foundation article on Malcolm Cowley. (Submitted on June 14, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
3. Malcolm Cowley Behind the Marker. ExplorePAHistory.com

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, June 14, 2014

2. Malcolm Cowley Marker

(Submitted on June 24, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

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