Ted Kooser

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Ted Kooser (born April 25, 1939 in Ames , Iowa ) is an American poet and the 13th Poet Laureate in the USA.

life and work

Kooser studied at Iowa State University (1962 BA ) and then moved to the University of Nebraska (1968 MA ). He is married to Kathleen Rutledge, the former editor of the Lincoln Journal Star . Ted Kooser currently lives (2013) in Seward County near Garland, Nebraska .

In April 2004 he was named Poet Laureate. Donald Hall succeeded him in June 2006 . In 2005 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his work Delights and Shadows .

Works (selection)

Poetry
  • Official Entry Blank. Poems . University Press, Lincoln 1969.
  • Grass County. Poems . Wildflower Press, Lincoln 1971, ISBN 0-931534-07-0 .
  • Twenty poems . Best Cellar Press, Crete 1973.
  • A Local Habitation and a Name . Solo Press, San Luis 1974.
  • Not Coming to Be Barked At . Pentagram Press, Milwaukee 1976, ISBN 0-915316-25-0 .
  • Sure Signs New and Selected Poems . University Press, Pittsburgh 1980, ISBN 0-8229-3410-8 .
  • One World at a Time . University Press, Pittsburgh 1985, ISBN 0-8229-5366-8 .
  • The Blizzard Voices . Bieler Press, Minneapolis 1986, ISBN 0-931460-20-4 .
  • Weather Central . University Press, Pittsburgh 1994, ISBN 0-8229-3796-4 .
  • A Book of Things . Lyra Press, Lincoln 1995.
  • Riding with Colonel Carter . Sandhills Publ., Grand Island 1999.
  • Winter Morning Walks. One Hundred Postcards to Jim Harrison . University Press, Pittsburgh 2001, ISBN 0-88748-336-4 .
  • Delights and Shadows . Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend 2004, ISBN 1-55659-201-9 .
  • Local wonders. Seasons in the Bohemian Alps . University Press, Lincoln 2004, ISBN 0-8032-7811-X .
  • Flying at night. Poems 1965–1985 . University Press, Pittbrugh 2005, ISBN 0-8229-4258-5 (EA Pittsburgh 1985).
Non-fiction
  • The Poetry Home Repair Manual. Practical Advice For Beginning Poets . University Press, Lincoln 2005, ISBN 0-8032-5978-6 .

literature

  • Mark Sanders (Ed.): On common ground. The poetry of William Kloefkorn, Ted Kooser, Greg Kuzma and Don Welch . Sandhills Press, Ord, Neb. 1983, ISBN 0-911015-00-0 .

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personal data
SURNAME Kooser, Ted
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poet
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Ames , Iowa