Michael S. Harper (1938–2016)
Autore di The Vintage Book of African American Poetry
Sull'Autore
Michael Steven Harper was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 18, 1938. He received an associate of arts degree in 1959 from Los Angeles City College, a bachelor's degree in 1961 and a master's degree in 1963 from the Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences, and a M.F.A. degree in mostra altro 1963 from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He taught at Contra Costa College, Lewis and Clark College, Reed College, and California State College before he joined the English faculty at Brown University, where he remained until retiring in 2013. During his lifetime, he published more than ten collections of poetry including History Is Your Own Heartbeat, Honorable Amendments, Debridement, Nightmare Begins Responsibility, and Dear John, Dear Coltrane. Images of Kin won the Poetry Society of America's Melville-Cane Award. He also edited The Collected Poems of Sterling A. Brown and Chant of Saints: A Gathering of Afro-American Literature, Art and Scholarship. He died on May 7, 2016 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Serie
Opere di Michael S. Harper
Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 (1994) — A cura di; Collaboratore — 89 copie
Opere correlate
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 919 copie
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry (1656) — Collaboratore — 100 copie
Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry (2013) — Collaboratore — 42 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Harper, Michael Steven
- Data di nascita
- 1938-03-18
- Data di morte
- 2016
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Nazione (per mappa)
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA (birth)
Barrington, Rhode Island, USA - Istruzione
- Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences (BA, MA)
University of Iowa (MFA) - Attività lavorative
- poet
anthologist
Literary Arts professor, Brown University - Premi e riconoscimenti
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1972)
Frost Medal (2008)
Poet Laureate of Rhode Island (1988-1993)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 15
- Opere correlate
- 16
- Utenti
- 385
- Popolarità
- #62,810
- Voto
- 3.9
- ISBN
- 33