LLEWELLYN JONES

Llewellyn Jones (1884-1961) was born in Castletown in the Isle of Man, Great Britain. From 1914 to 1932, he was the literary editor of the Chicago Evening Post. During his time as editor, Jones also taught writing as a visiting summer instructor at the University of Chicago, where he was a member of the University of Chicago Poetry Club. Jones moved to Boston in 1937 to take the position of editor of the Christian Register, but resigned in 1941. He lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts until his death in 1961.

Llewellyn Jones was also in the Cliff Dwellers, a well known literary group in Chicago.

His journals and letters are archived at The Beinecke Rare Book Collection at Yale University in Connecticut. beineckepoetry.wordpress.com

This bio based on information otained from Molly Wheeler from The Beinecke Library at Yale.