Selected Poems of Mark Strand

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On sale Sep 26, 1990 | 176 Pages | 9780679733010

This substantial volume of eighty-three poems represents over two decades of solid work on which his reputation is based. This is the landmark collection of a major figure in the poetry world.
© Sarah Shatz

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.

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This substantial volume of eighty-three poems represents over two decades of solid work on which his reputation is based. This is the landmark collection of a major figure in the poetry world.

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© Sarah Shatz

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.

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