Mark Strand, author portrait
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Mark Strand

Mark Strand, born in 1934, was the author of many books of poems, a book of stories, and three volumes of translations, and was the editor of several anthologies. He received many honors and awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship, the Pulitzer Prize (for Blizzard of One), the Bollingen Prize, and the Gold Medal for Poetry from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1990, he was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States. He died in 2014.

Collected Poems of Mark Strand
Almost Invisible
Hopper
New Selected Poems of Mark Strand
The Story of Our Lives
The Weather of Words
Blizzard of One
Dark Harbor
The Continuous Life,
Reasons for Moving, Darker & The Sargentville Not
Selected Poems of Mark Strand

Books

Collected Poems of Mark Strand
Almost Invisible
Hopper
New Selected Poems of Mark Strand
The Story of Our Lives
The Weather of Words
Blizzard of One
Dark Harbor
The Continuous Life,
Reasons for Moving, Darker & The Sargentville Not
Selected Poems of Mark Strand

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