Horace Gregory
Horace Gregory (April 10, 1898 Milwaukee, Wisconsin – March 11, 1982 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.
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.
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.
His papers are at Syracuse University.[9]
Awards
- 1942 Russell Loines Memorial Fund Poetry Award[10]
- 1961 Academy of American Poets Fellowship[11]
- 1965 Bollingen Prize
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
- The Metamorphoses. Signet Classic. 1958. ISBN 978-0-451-52793-6.
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References
- ^ Marya Zaturenska
- ^ Gregory, Horace. The New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?frow=0&n=10&srcht=s&query=Horace+Gregory&srchst=p&submit.x=18&submit.y=8&submit=sub&hdlquery=&bylquery=Horace+Gregory&daterange=full&mon1=01&day1=01&year1=1981&mon2=06&day2=19&year2=2009. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
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- ^ http://www.cts.dmu.ac.uk/exist/mod_mag/magazine_issue.htm?id=contemporary_poetry_prose&issue=contemporary_poetry_prose_7
- ^ The Literature Collection: The Wisconsin literary magazine (Volume XXI, Number 1): Contents
- ^ http://www.poetrymagazine.org/magazine/g5.html
- ^ "HORACE GREGORY, POET, CRITIC, ESSAYIST AND BIOGRAPHER, DIES". The New York Times. March 13, 1982.
- ^ MICHIKO KAKUTANI (August 29, 1979). "Everybody Wants to Be a Poet; Number Has Doubled". The New York Times.
- ^ Horace Gregory Papers An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University
- ^ Henry Seidel Canby (May 10, 1942). "GETS $1,000 POETRY PRIZE; Horace Gregory's Work Lauded". The New York Times.
- ^ "Horace Gregory Gets Poetry Prize". The New York Times. November 16, 1961. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
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