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Horace Gregory (April 10, 1898 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – March 11, 1982 in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts) was a prize-winning American poet, translator of classic poetry, literary critic and college professor.

Life

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin in 1923, he was the author of eight books of poems, and a memoir in 1971. He married poet and editor Marya Zaturenska (1902–1982), in 1925.[1] Her two children were Patrick and Joanna Gregory.[citation needed]

His collected essays were published in 1973. He also wrote book reviews that were published in the New York Times,.[2] His work appeared in The New Yorker,[3] Contemporary Poetry,[4] The Wisconsin literary magazine,[5] and Poetry Magazine.[6]

His poetry is known for its dramatic structure and deep insights into contemporary life's harshness.[citation needed]

Gregory was a professor of English at Sarah Lawrence College, from 1934 to 1960.[7]

He and Marya Zaturenska attended a 1948 reception at the Gotham Book Mart for Edith Sitwell.[8] During the end of his life, Gregory and his wife were residents of Palisades, Rockland County, New York.[citation needed]

His papers are at Syracuse University.[9]

Awards

Works

Poetry

  • Chelsea rooming house: poems. Covici, Friede. 1930.
  • No Retreat, 1933
  • Chorus for Survival, 1935
  • Fortune for Mirabel, 1941
  • Poems, 1930-1940. Harcourt, Brace and Company. 1941.
  • A Door in the Desert, 1951
  • Medusa in Gramercy Park: poems. Macmillan. 1961.
  • Another look: poems. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1976. ISBN 978-0-03-015396-9.

Criticism

  • Pilgrim of the Apocalypse: a critical study of D.H. Lawrence. The Viking Press. 1933.
  • The shield of Achilles: essays on beliefs in poetry. Harcourt, Brace. 1944.
  • A History of American Poetry, 1900-1940. Harcourt, Brace and company. 1947.
  • Amy Lowell: portrait of the poet in her time. T. Nelson. 1958.
  • The world of James McNeill Whistler. Nelson. 1959.
  • The dying gladiators, and other essays. Grove Press. 1961.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Marya Zaturenska Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Gregory, Horace. "Search Results". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  3. ^ Search : The New Yorker
  4. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20110721214158/http://www.cts.dmu.ac.uk/exist/mod_mag/magazine_issue.htm?id=contemporary_poetry_prose&issue=contemporary_poetry_prose_7. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved June 20, 2009. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ The Literature Collection: The Wisconsin literary magazine (Volume XXI, Number 1): Contents
  6. ^ http://www.poetrymagazine.org/magazine/g5.html
  7. ^ "HORACE GREGORY, POET, CRITIC, ESSAYIST AND BIOGRAPHER, DIES". The New York Times. March 13, 1982.
  8. ^ MICHIKO KAKUTANI (August 29, 1979). "Everybody Wants to Be a Poet; Number Has Doubled". The New York Times.
  9. ^ Horace Gregory Papers An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University
  10. ^ Henry Seidel Canby (May 10, 1942). "GETS $1,000 POETRY PRIZE; Horace Gregory's Work Lauded". The New York Times.
  11. ^ "Horace Gregory Gets Poetry Prize". The New York Times. November 16, 1961. Retrieved May 4, 2010.