William Heyen papers, 1950-2009.

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William Heyen papers, 1950-2009.

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The collection consists of material created and accumulated by William Heyen in the course of his activities as a poet and editor, and primarily documents Heyen's literary career from 1995 to 2009. Material includes correspondence with poets and writers, writings by Heyen and others, bound copies of Heyen's journals dating from 1965 to 1985, original journals dating from 1994 to 2006, notebooks, printed material, and other papers. Writings by Heyen include typed and manuscript drafts of poems that appeared in Crazy Horse in Stillness, Shoah Train, and A Poetics of Hiroshima, among other works; books annotated with manuscript drafts of poems and notes; and galley proofs of early published works, including Noise in the Trees (1974), Swastika Poems (1977), Long Island Light (1979), that were returned to Heyen when Vanguard Press was sold to Random House. Also included are correspondence and manuscripts relating to September 11, 2001: American Writers Respond; and correspondence, manuscripts, and artwork stemming from a planned collaboration between Heyen and the artist Robert E. Marx.

34.75 linear feet (44 boxes)

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Heyen, William, 1940-

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William Heyen is an American poet and editor. He was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1940, and educated at the State University of New York at Brockton and Ohio University. He taught American literature and creative writing at SUNY Brockport for over thirty years before his retirement in 2000. His books of poetry include: Erika: Poems of the Holocaust (1984), Crazy Horse in Stillness (1996), Pig Notes and Dumb Music (1998), Diana, Charles, and the Queen (1998), Shoah Train (2003), The Confessions ...

Marx, Robert E. (Robert Ernst), 1925-

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Painter and printmaker Robert Marx graduated from the University of Illinois in 1953. He has exhibited at the Franz Bader Show in Vienna, the International exhibition of Graphic Art in West Germany, and at the Smithsonian, among others. Much of his life has been spent teaching at various universities including Syracuse University, the Fulbright School of Art in India, SUNY Brockport, and the University of Wisconsin. His work has been honored with numerous awards, including the Rochester Finger L...