Kinnell, Galway, 1927-2014

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Poet and professor.

From the description of Papers, 1936-1980. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 56815853

American poet.

From the description of Introduction to Seamus Heaney's reading to the Academy of American Poets at the Morgan Library : typescript with autograph revisions, [1984]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874953

From the description of The fundamental project of technology : typescript photocopy with autograph revisions, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870171

Galway Kinnell, born in 1927, was a poet and professor. Kinnell was born in Providence, Rhode Island, received his BA from Princeton University and his MA from the University of Rochester in New York. His teaching career began at Alfred University in New York where he taught English. Since then he has held professorships at universities literally throughout the world, from Columbia University to the University of Grenoble in France and from the University of Iran, Teheran to the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. He has been a visiting professor or poet at such distinguished universities and colleges as Sarah Lawrence, Queens College of CUNY, Brandeis University, Skidmore College and the University of California, Irvine. He was visiting writer at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia and resident writer at Deya Institute, Mallorca, Spain. In addition to his teaching duties, Kinnell has traveled extensively giving poetry readings.

Kinnell's poetry began appearing in poetry magazines and anthologies in 1953. In 1960 his first volume of poetry, What a Kingdom It Was, was published. By 1980 ten books of his poetry had been published. Although most prolific as a poet, Kinnell's other published works include: a novel, Black Light ; a children's book, How the Alligator Missed Breakfast ; illustrations for a book of poetry by Pati Hill; and translations of such writers as Yvan Goll, Rene Hardy, and Francois Villon.

The quality of his work over the years has brought to Kinnell many awards and prizes, such as the Ingram Merrill Foundation award, an Amy Lowell traveling fellowship, the London Translation Prize, and the Shelley Prize from the Poetry Society of America. Not least among these is the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his work Selected Poems .

From the guide to the Kinnell mss, 1936-1980, (Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly)

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referencedIn Roberts, Len, 1947-2007. Len Roberts correspondence, 1983-2006. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Brown, Elizabeth (Elizabeth C.). Two songs on texts of Galway Kinnell : for mezzo-soprano, flute, violin, cello, and piano / by Elizabeth Brown. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn E. L. Doctorow Papers Fales Library & Special Collections
creatorOf [Gotham Book Mart miscellany]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Carol Muske-Dukes Papers, 1960-2008 USC Libraries Special Collections
creatorOf Kinnell, Galway, 1927-. Papers, 1936-1980. Indiana University
creatorOf Aralia Press. [Christmas cards printed at the Aralia Press]. Indiana University
creatorOf Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974. Anne Sexton Papers, 1912-1996, (bulk 1953-1974). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Hopwood Awards Collection, 1930- University of Michigan
referencedIn Larry Fagin Papers., n.d., 1958-1977. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
referencedIn Hall, Donald, 1928-. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1972-1997. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Rodefer, Stephen. Stephen Rodefer papers, 1955-1994. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn American Review records, 1967-1977 Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Kinnell, Galway, 1927-. Duck-chasing. Ball State University Library, Bracken Library
creatorOf Kinnell, Galway, 1927-. Letters, 1975. Ball State University Library, Bracken Library
creatorOf Meacham, Harry M. (Harry Monroe), 1901-1975. Harry M. Meacham papers [manuscript] , 1900-75. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence, 1881-1981 (inclusive), 1940-1979 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Van Duyn, Mona. Papers, 1942-1985. Washington University in St. Louis, .
referencedIn Poetry mss., 1954-2002 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Gold, Herbert, 1924-. Letters, 1969-1979, to Robie Macauley [manuscript]. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Records of, Little Magazine TXRC95-A96., 1965-1988 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Kinnell, Galway, 1927-. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1973-1994. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Dorsam, Paul, 1941-. The Barton River Falls : a song for treble voices and piano / [Paul Dorsam]. University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music, Sibley Music Library
creatorOf Tsontakis, George. Kinnell songs : (1986) / George Tsontakis. The Juilliard School, Lila Acheson Wallace Library
creatorOf Updike, John. [Broadside collection]. Hollins University, Wyndham Robertson Library
referencedIn The Perishable Press, Ltd. Records and papers, 1965-1980. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Harrison, Jim, 1937-. Papers, 1938- [present]. Grand Valley State University
creatorOf Kinnell mss, 1936-1980 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Lowenfels, Walter, 1897-1976. Papers, 1966-1967. Washington University in St. Louis, .
referencedIn Unterecker, John, 1922-1989. Papers, 1961-1987. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Anne Waldman Papers (1945-2012, bulk 1965-2000) University of Michigan
referencedIn Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library) poetry readings, 1931- (ongoing). Woodberry Poetry Room, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Kinnell, Galway, 1927-. Autograph letters signed (2) and typed letter signed : [New York, N.Y.], to Jeffrey Burke, [ca. 1979]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
creatorOf Flint, R. W. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1974-1980. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Williams, Oscar, 1900-1964. Papers, 1920-1966. Indiana University
referencedIn John Eugene Unterecker Papers, 1961-1987 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Literary encounters: photographs, 1985-1992. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Bookstore Press Records., undated, 1967-1976. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
creatorOf Choice Magazine. Records, 1961-1970. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Black Stone Press : papers and ephemera, 1974-1996 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Yaddo records, 1870-1980 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Paul de Man papers, 1948-1984 University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections
creatorOf Anderson, Lee, 1896-1972. Papers, 1933-1976 (inclusive), 1948-1972 (bulk). Washington University in St. Louis, .
creatorOf Kinnell, Galway, 1927-2014. Galway Kinnell recordings, 1960-2015 and undated (MS Am 3277). Houghton Library
creatorOf Carpenter, Margaret Haley. Papers of Margaret Haley Carpenter [manuscript], 1898-1985, bulk 1953-1985. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Glauco Cambon Papers., undated, 1940-1987. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
creatorOf Kinnell, Galway, 1927-. Letter, 1972 June 29, Sheffield, Vt., to Stephen M. Savage, Cambridge, Mass. Ball State University Library, Bracken Library
referencedIn Jordan, June, 1936-2002. Audio collection of June Jordan [sound recording]. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Ewert, William B. William B. Ewert publications, 1978- UNH Durham, Dimond Library
referencedIn George P. Garrett Papers, 1929-2008, (bulk 1960-2000) David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Parnassus: poetry in review records, 1971-1996 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Denise Levertov papers from the estate of Mitchell Goodman, circa 1952-1985 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Nell Blaine papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Anne Sexton Papers 122492286., 1912-1996, (bulk 1953-1974) Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Monterey Public Library. California History Room. Authors clippings : "K" [surname] folder 1958-1994. Monterey Public Library
creatorOf Nell Blaine papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Kinnell, Galway, 1927-. Poetry reading at Sarah Lawrence College [sound recording] / by Galway Kinnell. Sarah Lawrence College, Esther Raushenbush Library
creatorOf Kinnell, Galway, 1927-. The fundamental project of technology : typescript photocopy with autograph revisions, [n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Ammons, A. R., 1926-. The Little Magazine archive, 1965-1988. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Kinnell, Galway, 1927-. Music of poetry [sound recording] : lecture at Sarah Lawrence College / by Galway Kinnell. Sarah Lawrence College, Esther Raushenbush Library
referencedIn Koch, Peter Rutledge. Black Stone Press and Peter Koch, Printer : broadsides and ephemera, 1974-2010. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Kinnell, Galway, 1927-. There are things I tell only to the poem : typescript, [1979]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
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Vermont VT US
Providence RI US
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American poetry
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Birth 1927-02-01

Death 2014-10-28

Americans

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