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Robert Lowell (1917–1977) was an American poet, translator, writer, and peace activist. Born in Boston and educated at Harvard University, Kenyon College, and Harvard College, he died of a myocardial infarction in New York City. Lowell served as a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was employed by Harvard University and the University of Iowa.
Lowell received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and the National Book Award. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. His archives are held at the Harry Ransom Center. Among his spouses were Jean Stafford, Elizabeth Hardwick, and Caroline Blackwood.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1 Mar 1917
- Died
- 12 Sept 1977
- Works
- 130
Top works
- Giorno Per Giorno
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
- The Britannica Library of Great American Writing - Volume II
- The march
- Naked lunch
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- The Fall1969
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1917
- Active to
- 1977
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Robert Lowell (March 1, 1917–September 12, 1977), born Robert Traill Spence Lowell, IV, was an American poet whose works, confessional in nature, engaged with the questions of history and probed the dark recesses of the self. He is generally considered to be among the greatest American poets of the twentieth century. Lowell reached wide acclaim for his 1946 book, Lord Weary's Castle, which included ten poems slightly revised from his earlier Land of Unlikeness, and thirty new poems. <a href="ht
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 39,459x
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Quotes
- “A brackish reach of shoal off Madaket--The sea was still breaking violently and nightHad steamed into our North Atlantic Fleet,When the drowned sailor clutched the drag-net. LightFlashed from his matted head and marble feet,He grappled at the netWith the coiled, hurdling muscles of his thighs:The corpse was bloodless, a botch of reds and whites,Its open, staring eyesWere lustreless dead-lightsOr cabin-windows on a stranded hulkHeavy with sand.”
- “Once fishing was a rabbit's foot--O wind blow cold, O wind blow hot,Let suns stay in or suns step out:Life danced a jig on the sperm-whale's spout--The fisher's fluent and obsceneCatches kept his conscience clean.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV , ( 1917-03-01 ) March 1, 1917, Boston , Massachusetts, U.S.
- Died
- September 12, 1977 (1977-09-12) (aged 60), New York City, U.S.
- Resting place
- Stark Cemetery, Dunbarton, New Hampshire , U.S.
- Occupation
- Poet
- Education
- Harvard University , Kenyon College ( BA )
- Period
- 1944–1977
- Genre
- American poetry
- Literary movement
- Confessional poetry
- Notable works
- Lord Weary's Castle , Life Studies , For the Union Dead , The Dolphin (1973)
- Spouse
- Jean Stafford ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1940 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1948 ) Elizabeth Hardwick ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1949 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1972 ) Caroline Blackwood ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1972 )
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV (/ˈloʊəl/; March 1, 1917 – September 12, 1977) was an American poet. He was born into a Boston Brahmin family that could trace its origins back to the Mayflower. His ancestors and contemporary family were important subjects in his poetry. Growing up in Boston also informed his poems, which were frequently set in Boston and the New England region. Literary scholar Paula Hayes argues that, particularly in his early work, Lowell mythologized New England.
Lowell stated, "The poets who most directly influenced me ... were Allen Tate, Elizabeth Bishop, and William Carlos Williams. An unlikely combination! ... but you can see that Bishop is a sort of bridge between Tate's formalism and Williams's informal art." Lowell wrote in both formal, metered verse as well as free verse; his verse in some poems from Life Studies and Notebook fell somewhere in between metered and free verse.
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