Michael S. Harper (1938–2016)
Autor von The Vintage Book of African American Poetry
Über den Autor
Michael Steven Harper was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 18, 1938. He received an associate of arts degree in 1959 from Los Angeles City College, a bachelor's degree in 1961 and a master's degree in 1963 from the Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences, and a M.F.A. degree in mehr anzeigen 1963 from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He taught at Contra Costa College, Lewis and Clark College, Reed College, and California State College before he joined the English faculty at Brown University, where he remained until retiring in 2013. During his lifetime, he published more than ten collections of poetry including History Is Your Own Heartbeat, Honorable Amendments, Debridement, Nightmare Begins Responsibility, and Dear John, Dear Coltrane. Images of Kin won the Poetry Society of America's Melville-Cane Award. He also edited The Collected Poems of Sterling A. Brown and Chant of Saints: A Gathering of Afro-American Literature, Art and Scholarship. He died on May 7, 2016 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 (1994) — Herausgeber; Mitwirkender — 89 Exemplare
Savoy: An Installation by Richard Yarde 1 Exemplar
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Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben — 919 Exemplare
Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry (2009) — Mitwirkender — 114 Exemplare
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry (1656) — Mitwirkender — 100 Exemplare
Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry (2013) — Mitwirkender — 42 Exemplare
Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade (2006) — Mitwirkender — 30 Exemplare
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Harper, Michael Steven
- Geburtstag
- 1938-03-18
- Todestag
- 2016
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Land (für Karte)
- USA
- Geburtsort
- New York, New York, USA
- Sterbeort
- Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- Wohnorte
- New York, New York, USA (birth)
Barrington, Rhode Island, USA - Ausbildung
- Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences (BA, MA)
University of Iowa (MFA) - Berufe
- poet
anthologist
Literary Arts professor, Brown University - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1972)
Frost Medal (2008)
Poet Laureate of Rhode Island (1988-1993)
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