The Contemporary American Poets: American Poetry Since 1940

by Mark Strand

The Contemporary American Mark The Contemporary American World FIRST First Edition, Later Printing. Published by World Publishing, 1969. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good.Seller 516193 Poetry We Buy Books! Collections - Libraries - Estates - Individual Titles. Message us if you have books to sell!

256 pages, 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.