Susan Howe | |
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| Born | June 10, 1937 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet, scholar |
| Alma mater | Boston Museum School of Fine Arts (1961) |
| Genre | Poetry, essay |
| Literary movement | Postmodern |
| Notable awards | Bollingen Prize in American Poetry (2011); Guggenheim Fellowship; Roy Harvey Pearce Prize for Lifetime Achievement; Robert Frost Medal, Poetry Society of America (2017) |
| Spouse | Harvey Quaytman, David von Schlegell, Peter Hewitt Hare |
Susan Howe (born June 10, 1937) is an American poet, scholar, essayist, and critic, who has been closely associated with the Language poets, among other poetry movements.[1] Her work is often classified as Postmodern because it expands traditional notions of genre (fiction, essay, prose and poetry). Many of Howe's books are layered with historical, mythical, and other references, often presented in an unorthodox format. Her work contains lyrical echoes of sound, and yet is not pinned down by a consistent metrical pattern or a conventional poetic rhyme scheme.[2][3]
Howe received the 2017 Robert Frost Medal awarded by the Poetry Society of America, and the 2011 Bollingen Prize in American Poetry. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- ^ "Susan Howe", The Poetry Foundation, Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Bamidele, Jeremy. "Susan Howe and David Grubbs perform at Armado Hall". 34th Street Magazine. Philadelphia.
- ^ "Susan Howe". 2019-08-06.