Sissman, Louis Edward, 1928-1976
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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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| associatedWith | Louis Edward Sissman. | person |
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| associatedWith | Moss, Howard, 1922-1987. | person |
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| correspondedWith | Mrs. Jerold Hickey | person |
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| correspondedWith | Muir, Edward A, recipient. | person |
| associatedWith | Muller, Dianne | person |
| correspondedWith | Nadeau, Leo. | person |
| associatedWith | National Book Critics Circle. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Nemerov, Howard, 1920- | person |
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| associatedWith | Newton, Stuart | person |
| correspondedWith | New Yorker. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | New Yorker Magazine, Inc | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | New York (State) University, Buffalo. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Ninn, Peter | person |
| correspondedWith | O'Brien, Darcy, 1939- | person |
| correspondedWith | Parker, Stephen. | person |
| correspondedWith | Perelman, Sidney Joseph, 1904- | person |
| associatedWith | Peter Davision | person |
| correspondedWith | Peter Davison. | person |
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| correspondedWith | Sissman, Daniel. | person |
| correspondedWith | Sissman, Edward James, d. 1974 | person |
| associatedWith | Sissman, L. E., 1928-1976 | person |
| correspondedWith | Sissman, Marie (Anderson) d. 1974 | person |
| correspondedWith | Sissman, Paul R | person |
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| correspondedWith | The Saturday evening post. | corporateBody |
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| correspondedWith | White, Elwyn Brooks, 1899- | person |
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| correspondedWith | Williams, Oscar, 1900-1964 | person |
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| correspondedWith | Yale series of younger poets, recipient. | corporateBody |
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| American literature |
| American poetry |
| Poets, American |
| Copy writers |
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| Poets |
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Birth 1928-01-01
Death 1976
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