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Irving Sidney Dix
1880–1948
A Pennsylvania newspaperman, poet, and public servant, he wrote verse rooted in local places, everyday life, and the changing seasons. His work offers a quiet glimpse of small-town America in the early 20th century.
2 Audiobooks
The Comet, and Other Verses
by Irving Sidney Dix
The Calendar, and Other Verses
by Irving Sidney Dix
About the author
Born in Shehawken, Pennsylvania, on August 19, 1880, Irving Sidney Dix was a newspaper editor, poet, and member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He was educated at Carbondale High School and the Hotchkiss School, later became publisher of The Wayne County Citizen, and also served in the Pennsylvania Reserve Militia during World War I.
Alongside his public and newspaper work, he published poetry, including The Comet, and Other Verses and The Calendar, and Other Verses. His poems often draw on rural landscapes, local history, work, memory, and the rhythms of the year, giving them a strong sense of place.
Dix died on November 20, 1948. Though he is not widely known today, his writing remains of interest to readers who enjoy regional poetry and overlooked voices from early 20th-century America.