Annie R. Blount - Knowledge

120:"An examining committee, composed of W. Gilmore Simms, the eminent novelist, Rev. B. Craven, President of the Normal College, N. C., and John R. Thompson, editor of the 'Southern Literary Messenger,' have awarded the first prize, a one-hundred-dollar gold medal, to 'Jenny Woodbine,' alias Miss Annie R. Blount, of Augusta, Ga., 'for the best story,' to be published in a Southern paper. We know Miss Blount well, and her success as a writer, both of prose and verse, is what her decided talent induced us to expect She is young-probably the youngest writer of any reputation in the country, North or South — and, with proper study and care, she has much to expect in the future." 502: 466: 392: 354: 297: 62:. She graduated from the college at the age of 17 with the highest honors the institution could confer, the president stating to the trustees and audience that she was the most perfect scholar he had ever graduated. A 31:. She began writing at an early age, and many of her juvenile productions appeared in print under various signatures. She received a prize offered by a literary paper published in 58:

Until the age of 13, Blount was educated entirely at the country schools until the age of 13, when she joined the junior class of the Methodist Female College at

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Due to financial difficulties, Blount decided to earn a living as a writer. After her graduation, Blount assumed the editorial conduct of a literary paper, the

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Southland Writers: Biographical and Critical Sketches of the Living Female Writers of the South. With Extracts from Their Writings

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as a nurse, but was dissuaded by her friends, who were concerned for her health. Blount frequently visited hospitals in

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poem on "The Follies of the Age", which she delivered on commencement day, was extensively circulated through the

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and issued by H. D. Norrell, Augusta, Georgia. The book sold well, and was highly complimented by the press.

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In 1860, Blount collected her poems and printed them in a book. The volume was dedicated to

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John T. Perdue ("husband of 'Jennie Woodbine'") died in Georgia, October 1876.

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One summer, Blount was invited by the trustees and faculty of Le Vert College,

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1863, Best Poems not less than 60 lines, "Under the Lamp-Light", awarded by

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A Manual of American Literature: A Text-book for Schools and Colleges

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on June 22, 1839. Blount's mother died after the family removed to

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