Saturday, October 4, 2014

Hartford home of Wallace Stevens has new owners

In this photo made Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, the former home of famed poet Wallace Stevens is framed by autumn leaves at the western edge of Hartford, Conn. The home has been sold and will be used as a private residence after a failed push by his fans to have the building turned into a museum. Stevens, who died in 1955, was a Pulitzer Prize winner who penned many of his best known verses while living in the home and commuting on foot to His day job as a Hartford insurance executive. (AP Photo/Mike Melia) HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The former home of Wallace Stevens, the famed poet who penned many of his best known verses while working as a Hartford insurance executive, has been sold and will be used as a private residence after a failed push by his fans to memorialize the building as a museum or writers' residence.








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