Ben Hur Lampman

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name = Ben Hur Lampman

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occupation = journalist, essayist, poet
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Ben Hur Lampman ( website]

Career

Lampman's first job as a writer was with the local newspaper of Gold Hill, Oregon.fact|date=March 2008 In 1916, he moved to Portland to become a reporter for "The Oregonian". In 1920 he published an account of the 1919 Centralia Massacre.fact|date=March 2008 In 1921 he was appointed an editor of the editorial page.fact|date=March 2008 He also wrote nature essays in "The Oregonian".fact|date=March 2008

His stories and essays also appeared in national magazines such as the "Saturday Evening Post". Some of his essays about life in Portland were collected in his 1942 book "At the End of the Car Line". In 1943 he won an O. Henry Award for his short story "Blinker Was a Good Dog" [ [http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/ohenry/0999/winnerslist.html O. Henry Award Winners 1919-2000] from the Random House website] which originally appeared in the "Atlantic Monthly". Some of his papers and manuscripts are now in the collection of the library of the University of Oregon.

Lampman also wrote a column in the "Oregonian" entitled "Where to Bury A Dog" which is frequently cited in pet memorials. It was included in "How Could I Be Forgetting", a 1926 compilation of the author's essays and poems. [ [http://www.ibiblio.org/ccer/1926a4.htm US Catalog of Copyright Entries (Renewals) Books from 1926 (titles starting with H, I & J)] from ibiblio]

Personal life

Lampman was born in resident who had moved to the Dakotas to become a school teacher. [ [http://www.lampmanlanding.com/imprints/imprints101-170.htm imprints101-170 ] ] During his time in North Dakota, he was editor of the Nelson County Arena newspaper located in Michigan, North Dakota. As of the 1930 U.S. Census [1930; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: 1952; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 345;
] , he and his wife had one son and two daughters: Hubert Lampman, Caroline S. Lampman, and Hope H. Lampman.

He is buried in Lincoln Memorial Park in Portland. [Find A Grave|id=7765013]

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