Marvin Kent Curtis (October 10, 1890 – December 24, 1957) was an American novelist, illustrator, and teacher. Curtis served in World War I as an aviator with the Royal Air Force, was shot down, reported dead, and held prisoner of war until the war's end. Based on his war experiences, he authored The Tired Captains, a novel centered around a group of WWI pilots. Curtis was of the "Lost Generation," Americans born in the 1890s who came of age durin...
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Marvin Kent Curtis (October 10, 1890 – December 24, 1957) was an American novelist, illustrator, and teacher. Curtis served in World War I as an aviator with the Royal Air Force, was shot down, reported dead, and held prisoner of war until the war's end. Based on his war experiences, he authored The Tired Captains, a novel centered around a group of WWI pilots. Curtis was of the "Lost Generation," Americans born in the 1890s who came of age during WWI. He lived intermittently in Paris during the 1920’s. Curtis published primarily boys’ adventure stories set in the North Woods of Minnesota or in the islands off the Florida coast.
Curtis was born in Wichita, Kansas to Charles E. Curtis and Grace Emily Kent. Curtis was named for his famous great-grandfather Marvin Kent, for whom Kent, Ohio was named.
Curtis graduated in 1909 from Lake View High School in Chicago, the year before the Kent Normal School, later Kent State University, was founded on land donated by William S. Kent, the...
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