Horace Gregory

Horace Gregory (April 10, 1898 Milwaukee, Wisconsin - March 11, 1982 Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts) was a prize-winning American poet, translator of classic poetry, literary critic and college professor.

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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.

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.

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.

His papers are at Syracuse University.[9]

Awards

Works

Poetry

Criticism

Translations

References

  1. ^ http://user.icx.net/~richmond/fgcgathering/zaturenska.html
  2. ^ Gregory, Horace. The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?frow=0&n=10&srcht=s&query=Horace+Gregory&srchst=p&submit.x=18&submit.y=8&submit=sub&hdlquery=&bylquery=Horace+Gregory&daterange=full&mon1=01&day1=01&year1=1981&mon2=06&day2=19&year2=2009. Retrieved May 4, 2010. 
  3. ^ http://www.newyorker.com/search/query?query=horace+gregory&queryType=nonparsed&submitbtn.x=0&submitbtn.y=0&submitbtn=Submit
  4. ^ http://www.cts.dmu.ac.uk/exist/mod_mag/magazine_issue.htm?id=contemporary_poetry_prose&issue=contemporary_poetry_prose_7
  5. ^ http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Literature/Literature-idx?type=div&did=LITERATURE.V21I01.I0001&isize=text&pview=hide
  6. ^ http://www.poetrymagazine.org/magazine/g5.html
  7. ^ "HORACE GREGORY, POET, CRITIC, ESSAYIST AND BIOGRAPHER, DIES". The New York Times. March 13, 1982. http://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/13/obituaries/horace-gregory-poet-critic-essayist-and-biographer-dies.html. 
  8. ^ MICHIKO KAKUTANI (August 29, 1979). "Everybody Wants to Be a Poet; Number Has Doubled". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60616F8385D12728DDDA00A94D0405B898BF1D3&scp=4&sq=Horace+Gregory+Zaturenska&st=p. 
  9. ^ http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/g/gregory_h.htm
  10. ^ Henry Seidel Canby (May 10, 1942). "GETS $1,000 POETRY PRIZE; Horace Gregory's Work Lauded". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F5091EFB3E58167B93C2A8178ED85F468485F9&scp=7&sq=Horace%20Gregory&st=cse. 
  11. ^ "Horace Gregory Gets Poetry Prize". The New York Times. November 16, 1961. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20710FD3F581B728DDDAF0994D9415B818AF1D3&scp=10&sq=Horace%20Gregory&st=cse. Retrieved May 4, 2010.