Sissman, Louis Edward, 1928-1976

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Birth 1928-01-01
Death 1976
Birth 1928

Biographical notes:

L. E. Sissman (1928-1976) graduated from Harvard College in 1949 as Class Poet. He settled outside of Boston and worked as an advertising copywriter. From 1964 to 1974, his poetry and prose was published in the New Yorker and Atlantic monthly. His books include the poetry collections Dying: an introduction (1967) and Hello darkness: the collected poems of L. E. Sissman published posthumously in 1978. His Atlantic monthly columns were collected in Innocent bystander: scenes from the '70s (1975). Sissman died of Hodgkin's disease.

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  • American literature
  • American poetry
  • Poets, American
  • Copy writers

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  • Poets

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