The Contemporary American Poets: American Poetry Since 1940

by Mark Strand

A Superb Anthology of 92 Poets Who Have Sparked A Renaissance Of poetry In Our Time

Paperback

Published January 1, 1969

About the author

Mark Strand was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, essayist, and translator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990. He was a professor of English at Columbia University and also taught at numerous other colleges and universities.

Strand also wrote children's books and art criticism, helped edit several poetry anthologies and translated Spanish poet Rafael Alberti.

He is survived by a son, a daughter and a sister.