Edward Dickinson Blodgett
Edward Dickinson Blodgett (born February 26, 1935 in Philadelphia - † November 15, 2018 ) was a Canadian poet, literary scholar and translator.
Life
Blodgett attended Amherst College until 1956 and studied at the University of Minnesota (until 1961) and Rutgers University , where he received his PhD in 1969 . From 1966 he taught English and comparative literature at the University of Alberta . He has published several volumes of poetry and literary studies, including Configuration: Essays on the Canadian Literatures (1982) and Studies on Douglas Gordon Jones (1984) and Alice Munro (1988). For the poetry collection Apostrophes: woman at a piano he received a Governor General's Literary Award from the Canadian Authors' Association in 1996. Since 1986 he was a member of the Royal Society of Canada .
Poetry
- ake away the names (1975)
- sounding (1977)
- Beast Gate (1980)
- Ark / Elegies (1983)
- Musical Offering (1986)
- Da Capo (1990)
- Apostrophes: woman at a piano (1996)
- Apostrophes II: through you I (1997)
- Transfiguration , (1998)
- Apostrophes III: alone upon the earth (1999)
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- The Canadian Encyclopedia - Edward Dickinson Blodgett
- Most - POETA DOCTUS - Skica za portret ED Bladzeta
- Untah State University Libraries - Beat Table
- obituary
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SURNAME | Blodgett, Edward Dickinson |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blodgett, ED |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian poet and literary scholar |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1935 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |
DATE OF DEATH | 15th November 2018 |