biography
pronunciation:
[shvaw(r)ts]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1913–66)
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| biography:
| Poet and writer, born in New York City, New York, USA. He studied at the University of Wisconsin (1931), New York University (1933–5), and Harvard (1935–7). He taught at many institutions, notably Harvard (1941–7), and was the editor of the Partisan Review (1941–55), but he spent his final years as an increasingly erratic and reclusive bohemian and he died of a heart attack while living in a Times Square hotel. He is known for his ironic poetry, such as In Dreams Begin Responsibilities (1938). |
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