Howard Nemerov

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Howard Stanley Nemerov (born February 29, 1920 in New York City , † July 5, 1991 in University City , Missouri ) was an American literary professor, poet and Pulitzer Prize winner of Russian-Jewish descent.

Life

Howard Nemerov was the only son of David Nemerov and his wife Gertrude Russek. His parents owned the Russeks fur and fashion department store on Fifth Avenue in New York. Nemerov's parents left the upbringing of their three children to the staff, and each child had their own nanny. He had two younger sisters: Diane (1923–1971), a well-known photographer , and Renée (* 1928), a successful sculptor and interior designer. Howard Nemerov studied at Harvard University , where he received his bachelor's degree . During the Second World War he served as a pilot , first in the Royal Canadian Air Force and later in the United States Army Air Forces with the rank of first lieutenant . Howard Nemerov married Margaret Russel on January 26, 1944, and they had a son, David Nemerov.

After the war he taught at various colleges and universities, including Hamilton College in Clinton , New York, Bennington College in Bennington , Brandeis University in Waltham and, most recently, Washington University in St. Louis . Howard Nemerov died of complications from cancer in University City and was buried in the family grave in New York City.

Works (selection)

  • 1947 The Image and the Law
  • 1949 The Melodramatists
  • 1950 Guide to the Ruins
  • 1954 Federigo, or the Power of Love
  • 1955 The Salt Garden
  • 1957 The Homecoming Game
  • 1958 Mirrors and Windows
  • 1959 A Commodity of Dreams
  • 1960 New and Selected Poems
  • 1963 The Next Room of the Dram
  • 1977 The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov

Awards

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mebers: Howard Nemerov. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed April 17, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Nemerov, Howard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nemerov, Howard Stanley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American literary professor, poet, and Pulitzer Prize winner
DATE OF BIRTH February 29, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH 5th July 1991
Place of death University City (Missouri) , Missouri