John Ashbery

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John Ashbery (born July 28, 1927 in Rochester , † September 3, 2017 in Hudson ) was an American poet and Pulitzer Prize winner .

Life

John Ashbery was born in Rochester in 1927 and grew up in upstate New York . He studied at Harvard University , where he met Kenneth Koch , Frank O'Hara and James Schuyler . The term New York School of Poets was later coined for her and Barbara Guest . This was an avant-garde movement that emphasized spontaneity and humor and thus formed a counterpoint to the more academically oriented poets of the time. In 1975 he received the Pulitzer Prize for the volume Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror . Ashbery taught at Bard College in New York State until 2008 .

His poetry is often "subjectless", without the clear voice of a first-person narrator. His poems often deal with the relationship between chaos and art, recreating the experience of consciousness. Despite his spontaneity, his work is considered by many to be difficult to access. According to the poet James Dickey , his poetry is "very difficult or perhaps impossible". Others see his style as liberating. Harold Bloom , a major critic at Yale University , considers him the most important poet in the United States after World War II.

In 1980 he was appointed a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters , 1983 the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and 2006 the Accademia dei Lincei . In 1985 he was a MacArthur Fellow . In 1992 he received the international Antonio Feltrinelli Prize and in 2011 a National Book Award for his life's work. He was also a member of the Legion of Honor (officer) and holder of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (knights).

Works

Translations

  • Flow chart / flow chart. A poem, bilingual, translated from the American by Matthias Göritz and Uda Strätling. luxbooks, Wiesbaden 2012, ISBN 978-3-939557-29-6 .
  • An urbane country. Poems, bilingual, translated by Gerhard Falkner, Uljana Wolf, Joachim Sartorius and others, luxbooks, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-939557-26-5 .
  • The love interest. Poems. Translated by Erwin Einzinger. Reche, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz 2006, ISBN 978-3-929566-51-2 .
  • Girls on the run. Selected poems (= Edition Akzente ). Translated by Joachim Sartorius et al. Hanser, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-446-20226-9 .
  • And the stars flashed. Poems. Translated by Erwin Einzinger. Residence, Salzburg 1997.
  • Hotel Lautréamont. Poems. Translated by Erwin Einzinger. Residence, Salzburg 1995.
  • A bunch of idiots. Novel. Translated by Erwin Einzinger. Residence, Salzburg 1990.
  • A wave. Selected poems (1979–1987). Translated by Joachim Sartorius. Hanser, Munich 1988, ISBN 978-3-446-14632-7 .
  • Self-portrait in the convex mirror. Selected poems (1956–1977). Translated by Christa Cooper and Joachim Sartorius. Hanser, Munich 1977.
  • Ruth Francken: April 19 to May 22, 1961 , catalog editing and design: Karl-Heinz Hering and Ewald Rathke, translation of the text by John Ashbery from English: Rüdiger von Schmeidel, photos: Robert David , Kunstverein für das Rheinland und Westfalen, Düsseldorf 1966, DNB 451335880 .

literature

  • Karin Roffman: The Songs We Know Best: John Ashbery's Early Life . Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, NY 2017, ISBN 978-0-374-29384-0 .

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personal data
SURNAME Ashbery, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poet
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Rochester , New York
DATE OF DEATH 3rd September 2017
Place of death Hudson , New York