Papers. 1947-1983.

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Papers. 1947-1983.

Consists of the literary papers of this prominent American poet who has been Poet-in-Residence at Washington University since 1960. Included are more than 2000 pages of manuscript drafts of individual poems and material toward Finkel's ten volumes of verse. Also included are notebooks, research materials and an extensive file of professional and literary correspondence. Correspondents include Marvin Bell, Larry Eigner, John Gardner, Albert Goldbarth, Daniel Halpern, Michael Harper, Anthony Hecht, George Hitchcock, Daniel Hoffman, Richard Howard, Carolyn Kizer, Philip Levine, W.S. Merwin, Robert Pack, Gary Snyder, Mark Strand, Brian Swann, Robert Sward, Constance Urdang, Mona Van Duyn, Theodore Weiss, and John Hall Wheelock.

ca. 5580 items (30 boxes) : ill. ; 8 x 40 x 27 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6818719

Washington University in St. Louis, .

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Kizer, Carolyn

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Poet Carolyn Kizer has also worked as an educator, translator, critic, and editor. Born and educated in the Pacific Northwest, her career has taken her across the country and around the world. A poet's poet, she has never been prolific, but her poems are admired for their precision and quality. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1985. From the description of Carolyn Kizer letter to Louis Untermeyer, 1966 July 19. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54314...

Hoffman, Daniel, 1923-

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Snyder, Gary, 1930-....

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Strand, Mark, 1934-....

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Harper, Michael S., 1938-....

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Poet Laureate of Rhode Island and Professor of English at Brown University. In honor of Daniel Knowlton, a Rhode Island bookbinder who worked for many years at the Brown University Library. From the description of Mr. Knowlton Predicts : poem, [ca. 1993]. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122615887 ...

Bell, Marvin, 1937-....

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Weiss, Theodore Russell, 1916-2003

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An independent "little magazine," QRL was founded in 1943 by Warren Carrier. A year later Ted and Renee Weiss became the magazine's permanent editors and publishers, first at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, then at Bard College, and since 1968 at Princeton University. Ted Weiss taught creative writing and Shakespeare in Princeton's English Department, where he was the William & Annie S. Paton Foundation Professor of Ancient and Modern Literature from 1977 until his retiremen...

Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004

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Goldbarth, Albert

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Poet, essayist, professor. From the description of Different fleshes : holograph 1978. (Texas State University-San Marcos). WorldCat record id: 26964908 ...

Finkel, Donald L., 1943-....

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Poet-in-residence, Washington University; b. 1927. From the description of Papers, 1947-1983. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 28419612 American author. From the description of Papers. 1947-1983. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 12905619 ...

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...

Swann, Brian

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Levine, Philip, 1928-....

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American poet and educator Philip Levine, born January 10, 1928, in Detroit, Michigan, was educated at Wayne State University (A.B., 1950) and the University of Iowa (M.F.A., 1957). Born August 2, 1934, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, poet and educator Stephen Berg attended the University of Pennsylvania, Boston University, and the University of Indiana, prior to receiving a B.A. from the State University of Iowa in 1959. Since 1963 Stephen Berg has served on the faculty of Temple University in P...

Urdang, Constance

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Halpern, Daniel, 1945-....

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Of Syracuse, New York. Epithet: editor 'Antaeus' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000352.0x000226 ...

Sward, Robert, 1933-

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Wheelock, John Hall, 1886-1978

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Gardner, John, 1933-1982

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Howard, Richard, 1929-....

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Epithet: brother of Thomas, 8th Duke of Norfolk British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000143 Epithet: Canon of Bangor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000144 Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000145 ...

Pack, Robert, 1929-....

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Pack, an American poet, taught at Middlebury College (1957-1963) and was the Director of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference (1973-1994). After retiring from Middlebury, he moved to Montana. From the description of [Three poems] / Robert Pack. [1962] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 302412277 ...

Merwin, W.S. (William Stanley), 1927-

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American poet and writer. From the description of Letters, to Arthur Gregor, 1966-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122587287 Born in New York City, 1927; educated at Princeton University (class of 1948); Pulitzer Prize-winning author, poet, translator, and environmental activist. From the description of W.S. Merwin papers 1946- (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 57553010 American poet and translator. From th...

Van Duyn, Mona

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Hitchcock, George, active 1691

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