W. D. Snodgrass (1926–2009)
Autor/a de Heart's Needle
Sobre l'autor
Poet W. D. Snodgrass was born on January 5, 1926. After serving as a Navy typist during World War II, he received bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Iowa. With the publication of Heart's Needle (1959) a collection of confessional poetry that won the 1960 Pulitzer Prize, mostra'n més Snodgrass gained immediate fame as one of the best poets to come out of the 1950s. Snodgrass's later poetry is much less directly personal, as he learned to deal with some of the major historical events of his time. His wrote more than 30 books of poetry, criticism and translations including After Experience (1967) and The Fuehrer Bunker (1977). He taught at numerous colleges including Cornell University, Wayne State University and the University of Delaware. He died from lung cancer on January 13, 2009 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Nota de desambiguació:
(eng) William De Witt Snodgrass used the pseudonym S. S. Gardons.
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Obres de W. D. Snodgrass
Un ghimpe în inimă și alte poezii 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions — 919 exemplars
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Col·laborador — 452 exemplars
Lark in the Morning: The Verses of the Troubadours, a Bilingual Edition (2005) — Traductor — 92 exemplars
Possibilities of Poetry: An Anthology of American Contemporaries (1970) — Col·laborador — 17 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Snodgrass, William De Witt
- Altres noms
- Gardons, S. S.
- Data de naixement
- 1926-01-05
- Data de defunció
- 2009-01-13
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Erieville, New York, USA
- Llocs de residència
- San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
- Educació
- Geneva College
University of Iowa (BA, MA, MFA) - Professions
- professor
poet
translator
critic - Organitzacions
- United States Navy (WWII)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1972) - Premis i honors
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets (1972)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1960) - Nota de desambiguació
- William De Witt Snodgrass used the pseudonym S. S. Gardons.
Membres
Ressenyes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 23
- També de
- 17
- Membres
- 368
- Popularitat
- #65,433
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 4
- ISBN
- 30
of the living world you haunt,
have you learned what habits lead you
to hunt what you don't want;
learned who does not need you;
learned you are no one here?