Cale Young Rice

Born in Dixon, Kentucky, in 1872, Cale Young Rice became known as an American poet and dramatist. Reliable sources describe him as a prolific writer whose work ranged across poetry, plays, and opera, and note that he also taught English at Cumberland University.

His published books included Plays and Lyrics (1906), Yolanda of Cyprus (1908), and At the World’s Heart (1914). He was married to the novelist Alice Hegan Rice, and the two were well-known figures in Louisville literary life.

Rice died in 1943. Today he is remembered as a versatile early twentieth-century writer whose poems and dramatic works helped carry a distinctly American literary voice to a broad readership.