Biography:

Poet. Born– October 8, 1930, Collinsville (moved often due to father’s work in construction). Parents–Harry D. and Hazel Watson Lees. Married–William L. Linn. Children–three. Attended thirteen grade schools in three states by the age of eleven and quit school in the ninth grade. Honors– Won the Birmingham Festival of Arts Hackney Award three times; North American Mentor Certificate twice; National Federation of State Poetry Societies Award.

Source:

Richard G. Beyer, Florence.

Publication(s):

Threads from Silence: The Poetry of Marjorie Lees Linn. Florence, Ala.; Providence Press, 1980.