W. D. Snodgrass
AKA William De Witt Snodgrass
Born: 5-Jan-1926
Birthplace: Wilkinsburg, PA
Died: 13-Jan-2009
Location of death: Madison County, NY
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung
Birthplace: Wilkinsburg, PA
Died: 13-Jan-2009
Location of death: Madison County, NY
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Poet
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Poet
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Heart's Needle
Executive summary: Heart's Needle
Military service: US Navy (WWII, Pacific theater)
Wife: Kathleen Browne (wife #4)
University: Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA
University: University of Iowa
Professor: Cornell University (1955-57)
Professor: University of Rochester (1957-58)
Professor: Wayne State University (1958-68)
Professor: University of Delaware (1979-94)
University: University of Iowa
Professor: Cornell University (1955-57)
Professor: University of Rochester (1957-58)
Professor: Wayne State University (1958-68)
Professor: University of Delaware (1979-94)
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1960 for Heart's Needle
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Author of books:
Heart's Needle (1959, poetry)
After Experience (1968, poetry)
Remains (1970, poetry)
In Radical Pursuit (1975, criticism)
The Führer Bunker: A Cycle of Poems in Progress (1977, poetry)
If Birds Build with Your Hair (1979, poetry)
D.D. Byrde Calling Jennie Wrenn (1984, poetry)
W.D.'s Midnight Carnival (1988, poetry)
The Death of Cock Robin (1989, poetry)
The Führer Bunker: The Complete Cycle (1995, poetry)
To Sound Like Yourself: Essays on Poetry (2003, criticism)
Heart's Needle (1959, poetry)
After Experience (1968, poetry)
Remains (1970, poetry)
In Radical Pursuit (1975, criticism)
The Führer Bunker: A Cycle of Poems in Progress (1977, poetry)
If Birds Build with Your Hair (1979, poetry)
D.D. Byrde Calling Jennie Wrenn (1984, poetry)
W.D.'s Midnight Carnival (1988, poetry)
The Death of Cock Robin (1989, poetry)
The Führer Bunker: The Complete Cycle (1995, poetry)
To Sound Like Yourself: Essays on Poetry (2003, criticism)
Want to hear W.D. Snodgrass read "April Inventory?"
from Poet.org, Courtesy of The Academy of American Poets.
2 comments:
You have the most interesting poets highlighted on your blog, Nancy. I look forward to getting a book of W.D. Snodgrass' poems; probably Heart's Needle.
Thank Judy. I appreciate your comments.
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