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William V. Ward, 78
Poet, editor, teacher, founder of Provincetown Review
William (Bill) Ward, 78, of New York City, died on Sept. 25.
Born in May of 1928, he was a native of Tiverton, R.I. In his youth he briefly studied for the priesthood, but his zest for life and love of adventure soon led him to reject that vocation.
He served in the Army of Occupation in Germany at the end of WW II and then spent several years in India in a Vedantist ashram. This experience was one of his most precious memories.
In 1958, he founded (with Daniel Banko) the “Provincetown Quarterly,” later called “Provincetown Review.” The Review became famous as an innovative literary and art magazine, involved in a censorship trial in 1960, resulting from its publication of Hubert Selby Jr.’s story “Tralala.” Ward was a courageous and charismatic editor as well as a poet in his own right.
He taught school in New York City for over 20 years and traveled widely, most recently to India and China. He was a frequent visitor to Truro.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret of Wellfleet; his son, Sean, and daughter-in-law, Joyce, of Washington, D.C.; and will be mourned by many loving friends and colleagues in New York and Provincetown.
A memorial gathering will be held Sunday at Redden’s Funeral Home, West 14th St., New York City.
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Sep 28th, 2006