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He and Marya Zaturenska attended a 1948 reception at the [[Gotham Book Mart]] for [[Edith Sitwell]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/29/archives/everybody-wants-to-be-a-poet-number-has-doubled.html?sq=Horace+Gregory+Zaturenska&scp=4&st=p| title=Everybody Wants to Be a Poet; Number Has Doubled| author=MICHIKO KAKUTANI| date=August 29, 1979| work=The New York Times}}</ref> |
He and Marya Zaturenska attended a 1948 reception at the [[Gotham Book Mart]] for [[Edith Sitwell]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/29/archives/everybody-wants-to-be-a-poet-number-has-doubled.html?sq=Horace+Gregory+Zaturenska&scp=4&st=p| title=Everybody Wants to Be a Poet; Number Has Doubled| author=MICHIKO KAKUTANI| date=August 29, 1979| work=The New York Times}}</ref> |
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During the end of his life, Gregory and his wife were residents of [[Palisades, New York|Palisades]], [[Rockland County]], New York.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}} |
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His papers are at [[Syracuse University]].<ref>[http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/g/gregory_h.htm Horace Gregory Papers An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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Horace Gregory (April 10, 1898 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – March 11, 1982 in 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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
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 (Covici, Friede; 1930)
- No Retreat (Harcourt, Brace & Co.; 1933)
- Chorus for Survival (Covici, Friede; 1935)
- Fortune for Mirabel, 1941
- Poems, 1930-1940 (Harcourt, Brace & Co.; 1941)
- "A Door in the Desert", 1951
- Medusa in Gramercy Park (Macmillan; 1961)
- Another Look (Holt, Rinehart and Winston; 1976)
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 Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Gregory, Horace. "Search Results". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ^ Search : The New Yorker
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20110721214158/http://www.cts.dmu.ac.uk/exist/mod_mag/magazine_issue.htm?id=contemporary_poetry_prose&issue=contemporary_poetry_prose_7. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ 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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