Paul Auster Papers

Beckett, Samuel Barclay, 1906-1989

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Samuel Barclay Beckett was born on Good Friday, April 13, 1906, in Foxrock, Ireland, near Dublin. He studied modern languages at Trinity College in Dublin and graduated in 1927. The following year, Beckett went to Paris, where he quickly became acquainted with a group of avant-garde artists, including James Joyce. There, Beckett taught English at the École Normale Superieure in Paris for two years before returning to Trinity College to teach French in 1930. He left Trinity College after one year...

Merrill, James, 1926-1995

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American poet. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) and typed letters signed (3) : Athens, Key West and Stonington, Ct., to Robert Isaacson, 1966-1983 Aug. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871528 James Merrill was an American poet, playwright, novelist, and short-story writer. From the description of James Merrill collection of papers, 1965-1994. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122626315 From the guide to the James Mer...

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, 1919-2021

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti was an American poet and publisher, most closely associated with the Beat movement. Born in New York, Ferlinghetti suffered several family-related tragedies in his youth, and was raised in unusual circumstances. Educated at the University of North Carolina, he served in World War II, and continued his education at Columbia and The Sorbonne. He moved to San Francisco, where he co-founded City Lights book store and publishing house, which became integral wi...

Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995

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Sir Stephen Harold Spender (February 28, 1909 - July 16, 1995) was an English poet and novelist who worked with the themes of social injustice and class struggle. Spender was born in London and educated at University College, Oxford. He was mentored by W. H. Auden with whom he maintained a life-long friendship. He edited Horizon with Cyril Connolly from 1939-1941. Following WW II, Spender devoted his time to criticism, co-editing the magazine Encounter from 1953-1966. Spender also held a number ...

Ashbery, John, 1927-2017

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American poet and editor of Art & Literature. From the description of The Tennis Court Oath galley proof, 1961. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122685058 The letters cover a span starting two days after Ashbery and Gregg graduated from Deerfield Academy, and continue through the following summers and during a period of time when Gregg was drafted into the Army and served in postwar Eur...

Hollander, John, 1929-2013

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John Hollander was born in New York City on October 28, 1929. He attended Columbia and Indiana Universities and was a Junior Fellow of the Society of Fellows of Harvard University. He is the author of more than a dozen volumes of poetry, including Picture Window (Alfred A. Knopf, 2003), Figurehead: And Other Poems (1999), Tesserae (1993), Selected Poetry (1993), Harp Lake (1988), Powers of Thirteen (1983), Spectral Emanations (1978), Types of Shape (1969), and A Cracklin...

Bronk, William

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED American poet; born in 1918 in Fort Edward, N.Y. and was the author of more than 15 books of poems and essays and a winner of the American Book Award in 1982. William Bronk died on 22 Feb 1999. From the guide to the William Bronk Papers, 1908-1999., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Poet and 1982 winner of the American Book Award. From the description of William Bronk papers, 1939-1995 1961-1986. (Manchester City Library)....

Waldrop, Keith.

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Michael Gizzi was born in Schenectady, New York in 1949 to Carolyn and Anthony Gizzi. He had two brothers, Peter and Thomas Gizzi. He spent part of his childhood living in Ohio and lived in East Greenwich, Rhode Island for three years (10th, 11th, and 12th grade) of high school. His parents moved up to Pittsfield, Massachusetts and he returned to Rhode Island as an undergraduate student at Brown University where he recieved a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976. He would return to Brown...

Simic, Charles, 1938-....

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Auster, Paul, 1947-....

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Paul Auster (b. 1947) is a Brooklyn-based novelist, screenplay writer, poet, essayist and translator. From the description of Paul Auster collection of papers, 1999-2006 2000-2005. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 770725385 From the guide to the Paul Auster Papers, 1963-1995, 1972-mid-1995, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) From the guide to the Paul Auster collection of papers, 19...

Spiegelman, Art

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Gascoyne, David, 1916-2001

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x000245 David Gascoyne is an English poet and editor. He was born in Salisbury, England, and educated there and in London. He was influenced by French surrealist poets. Gascoyne authored "The Vagrant" (1950), "Night Thought" (1956) and other verse. "Collected Poems" was published in 1978. Gascoyne's "Collected Verse Translations" (1971) received much praise ...

Waldrop, Rosmarie

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Delillo, Don

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The American Repertory Theatre production opened Apr. 10, 1986, at the Hasty Pudding Club, 12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge, Mass. From the description of The day room : a play in two acts / by Don DeLillo, 1986. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 764505652 Bradford Morrow is an American novelist, essayist, poet, editor, and writer of short fiction. He was born on April 8, 1951, in Baltimore, Maryland, and grew up in Littleton, Colorado. In 1968 he was a...

Baxter, Charles, 1947-....

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Royet-Journoud, Claude.

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Petit, Philippe

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Eigner, Larry, 1927-1996

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New England poet whose work has been acclaimed by such writers as Denise Levertov and William Carlos Williams. From the description of Letter, to Mark and Becki, 1969 October 18. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122639510 American poet. From the description of Larry Eigner papers, 1937-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019406 Poet; b. Laurence Joel Eigner; originally of Swampscott, Mass. From the description of Larry Eigner paper...

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-....

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As the winner of the National Book Award for her 1970 novel Them and the recipient of four O. Henry awards and numerous other literary prizes, Joyce Carol Oates is among the most distinguished writers in the United States. In her considerable body of work, she has created an array of male and female protagonists from a diversity of regional, economic, and occupational backgrounds. In the four decades since her first book, the short-story collection By the North Gate, appeared to critical acclaim...

Padgett, Ron, 1942-....

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Padgett was born on June 17, 1942, in Tulsa, OK; A.B., Columbia Univ., 1964; poetry workshop instructor, St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery, New York City, 1968-69; poet in various NYC Poets in the Schools programs, 1969-76; cofounded Full Court Press publishers in 1973; writer in the community, South Carolina Arts Commission, 1976-78; director, St. Mark's Poetry Project, NYC, 1978-81; director of publications, Teachers and Writers Collaborative, beginning in 1982; published works include: Seventeen : col...

Coolidge, Clark, 1939-....

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Coolidge was born Feb. 26, 1939 in Providence, RI; attended Brown Univ., 1956-58; drummer with Serpent Power, a San Francisco rock group; producer of Words (weekly hour of new poetry) at KPFA-FM in Berkeley, CA, 1969-70; author of various books of poetry, including Flag flutter and U.S. Electric (1966), Clark Coolidge (1967), Space (1970), The so (1971), Suite V. (1973), The maintains (1974), and Polaroid (1975); co-editor of Joglars, 1964-66. From the description of Correspondence, ...

Banks, Russell, 1940-....

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Rakosi, Carl, 1903-2004

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American poet associated with the Objectivist School of poetry that flourished under the influence of Louis Zukofsky during the 1930s and 40s. Rakosi also worked as a social worker and psychotherapist under the psuedonym Callman Rawley. From the description of Papers, 1903-2002. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 33267001 Biography Carl Rakosi was born on November 6, 1903, in Berlin, Germany, and c...

Bly, Robert

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For details of Robert Bly's biography, see: Robert Bly papers (Mss 81) . From the guide to the Robert Bly Men's Movement series, 1980-1990s, 2001, 2003-2004, 2006, 2009, undated, 1980-1990s, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Literary Manuscripts Collection, Manuscripts Division. [mss]) From the guide to the Robert Bly Plays manuscripts series, 1950s-1990s, undated, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Literary Manuscripts Collection, Manuscripts Division. [mss]) Fr...

Wilbur, Richard, 1921-....

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American poet and translator of Racine and Molière. From the description of Correspondence and manuscripts, 1949-1986. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122692657 Wilbur is an American poet, translator, teacher and scholar; he was the second Poet Laureate of the United States and twice recipient of the Pulitizer Prize for poetry. From the description of Papers, 1945-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat recor...