Cale Young Rice
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Life and career
Rice was born in Dixon, Kentucky, to Laban Marchbanks Rice, a Confederate veteran and tobacco merchant, and his wife Martha Lacy. He was a younger brother of Laban Lacy Rice, a noted educator, author, and president of Cumberland University. Cale Rice grew up in Evansville, Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky. He was educated at Cumberland University where he was a member of the Theta chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity and at Harvard (A.B., 1895; A.M., 1896).[1]
On December 18, 1902, Rice was married to the popular author Alice Hegan Rice; they worked together on several books. The marriage was childless. In 1910, they built a house at 1444 St. James Court, where they lived for 40 years.[2][3]
Cale Rice's poems were collected and published in a single volume, The best poetic work of Cale Young Rice, by his brother, Laban Lacy Rice (1870–1973).[4]
His birthplace in Dixon is designated by Kentucky State Historical Marker 1508, which reads:
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Birthplace of Rice brothers, Cale Young, 1872–1943, noted poet and author; Laban Lacy, 1870–1973, well-known educator and author. Lacy published The Best Poetic Works of Cale Young Rice after Cale's death. Included in famous collection is poem, "The Mystic." Cale married Alice Hegan, also a distinguished Kentucky writer. Home overlooks Memorial Garden.[5]
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Rice adapted his play Yolanda of Cyprus into an opera libretto for Clarence Loomis; the resulting work was premiered on September 25, 1929, in London, Ontario, under the baton of Isaac Van Grove, and featured Charles Kullman. The production was directed by Vladimir Rosing.[6] The opera later received the Bispham Memorial Medal Award.[7]
Death
Rice committed suicide by gunshot during the night of January 24, 1943, at his home in Louisville a year after his wife's death due to his sorrow at losing her.[2][1]
Works
Verse
- From Dusk to Dusk (1898)
- With Omar (1900)
- Song Surf (1900)
- Nirvana Days (1908)
- Many Gods (1910)
- At the World's Heart (1914)
Plays
- Charles di Tocca (1903)
- Yolanda of Cyprus (1906)[8]
- A Night in Avignon (1907)
- The Immortal Lure (1911)
- Porzia (1913)
Collection
- Collected Plays and Poems (two volumes, 1915)
Other works
- Youth's Way. New York, The Century Co., 1923.
- A New Approach to Philosophy. Lebanon, Tenn: The Cumberland University Press, 1943.
References
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External links
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- Guide to the Cale Young Rice papers, 1927–1939 housed at the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center
- Rice family page
- Rice family home on Dixon, KY site
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