Life Supports: New and Collected Poems (Cambridge Texts in Hist.of Philosophy) - Softcover

Bronk, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1883689597 ISBN 13: 9781883689599

Publisher: Talisman House, Publishers, 1997

Synopsis

Poetry. William Bronk was born in 1918 and lives now in Hudson Falls, New York. Acclaimed by The Nation as "our most significant poet," he is the author of nearly two dozen celebrated books of poetry. Winner of the American Book Award for his collected poems, LIFE SUPPORTS, he is also the author of a collection of prose works, VECTORS AND SMOOTHABLE CURVES, which is widely considered a landmark in contemporary literature.

About this title

About the Author:

Winner of the American Book Award in 1982 for LIFE SUPPORTS, his collected early poetry, William Bronk (1918-1999) is widely celebrated as one of the most accomplished poets of his generation. The recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for poetry in 1991, Bronk lived most of his life in Hudson Falls, New York, in a substantial Victorian home that became a mecca for American poets and artists.

Review:

One of our most intimate, haunting, and important poets. --Dictionary of Literary Biography

An utterly compelling, harrowing and masterfully written body of poetry. Its publication is a major literary event. --Los Angeles Times Book Review

One of our finest . . . poets. --The New York Times Book

About this edition

• Publisher: Talisman House, Publishers
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1883689597
• ISBN 13: 9781883689599
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 242