Stark Young

Stark Young (October 11, 1881 – January 6, 1963) was an American teacher, playwright, novelist, painter, literary critic, translator, and essayist.

Born and raised in Como, Mississippi, Stark lived in Oxford after his mother died in 1890. He attended both the University of Mississippi and University of Columbia, receiving degrees by the time he turned 21.

During his lifetime, Young published many poems, plays, and short stories. Additionally, he was well-known for his output of literary criticism, with The New York Times noting that he had a "wealth of dramatic criticism and comment". Young was best known for So Red the Rose (1934), a novel on the American Civil War which became a New York Times best seller and was adapted into a film the next year.