biography
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Ashbery, John (Lawrence)
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| lived:
| (1927– )
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| biography:
| Poet and critic, born in New York City, USA. He studied at Harvard, Columbia, and New York universities, then spent some years as an art critic in Europe. He became associated with the New York School of poetry, publishing his first volume in 1953. Some Trees (1956) attracted considerable critical attention, and his 12th collection, Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (1975) received several prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize. Later volumes include The Ice Storm (1987), Flow Chart (1991), Hotel Lautreamont (1992), and And The Stars Were Shining (1994). He is recognized as the major postmodern poet of his generation, and was given a lifetime achievement award by the Academy of American Poets in 2001. |
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