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Blizzard of one
by Strand, Mark
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About This Item
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1999. First edition, slim 8vo, pp. [10], 55, [4]; fine copy in the dust jacket. Inscribed on the title-p., "To Gwin and Ruth Kolb / Mark Strand." In 1990 Strand was chosen Poet Laureate of the United States and he is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Gwin Kolb was an eminent Johnsonian scholar and longtime professor at the University of Chicago.
Synopsis
Mark Strand is a former Poet Laureate of the United States. He has written eight earlier books of poems, which have brought him many honors and grants, including a MacArthur Fellowship. He is the author of a book of stories, Mr. and Mrs. Baby , several volumes and translations (of works by Rafeal Alberti and Carlos Drummond de Andrade, among others), the editor of a number of anthologies, and author of several monographs on contemporary artists (William Bailey and Edward Hopper). He was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and was raised and educated in the United States and South America. He teaches currently in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.
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- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31261
- Title
- Blizzard of one
- Author
- Strand, Mark
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Gwin J. Kolb , , ,
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