Edward Hirsch (born January 20, 1950) an American poet and academic who wrote a best seller about reading poetry. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" He is the president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in New York City (not to be mistaken with E.D. Hirsch, Jr.)
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Life
Edward Mark Hirsch was born in Chicago in 1950. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was founded in 1925 by Mr Eric Donald Hirsch Jr (born March 22, 1928) is a US educator and academic Literary critic. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. In October 1958 he "wandered down to the basement of our house to pick through some of my grandfather's forgotten books" and read a verse (Emily Brontë's "Spellbound") that entranced him. It was the beginning of a lifelong love affair with poetry, which he explored at Grinnell College and the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Ph.D. in folklore. Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn) is a private University located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. History The concept of folklore developed as part of the 19th century ideology of Romantic nationalism, leading to the reshaping of oral traditions to serve modern ideological He was previously married to Janet Landay for over 25 years. He has a son, Gabriel, born October 23rd, 1988, adopted by Hirsch and Landay at six days old.
He was a professor of English at Wayne State University and in 1985 he joined the faculty of the University of Houston where he spent 17 years as professor of English. Wayne State University is located in Detroit, Michigan, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) The University of Houston (often referred to as " U of H," " UH," or " Houston " is a public doctoral/research He was appointed the fourth president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation on September 3, 2002. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was founded in 1925 by Mr Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. He holds honorary degrees from several institutions.
He is the poetry editor of DoubleTake magazine. Doubletake was a BBC Comedy programme created by Alison Jackson. His essays have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, American Poetry Review, and The Paris Review. The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry The New York Review of Books (or NYREV or NYRB) is a semimonthly Magazine on Literature, Culture, and current The American Poetry Review (APR is an American Poetry Magazine printed every other month and printed on tabloid-sized newsprint The Paris Review is an English-language Literary magazine based in New York City. He wrote a weekly column on poetry for the Washington Post Book World from 2002-2005. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D
His first collection of verse, For the Sleepwalkers, (1981) received the Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets and the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Award from New York University. The Academy of American Poets is the preeminent organization in the United States dedicated to the art of Poetry. New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. His second collection, Wild Gratitude, received the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1986. The National Book Critics Circle Award is an annual award given by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC to promote the finest books and reviews published in Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1985, a five-year MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 1987 and the William Riley Parker Prize from the Modern Language Association for the best scholarly essay in Proceedings of the Modern Language Association for the year 1991. Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) The John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation is a major private grant -making Private foundation based in Chicago that has awarded more than US$4 billion Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Modern Language Association of America (usually referred to as simply Modern Language Association or MLA) is the principal Professional association Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.
His self-explanatory book How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry was a surprise bestseller in 1999 and remains in print through multiple printings.
Works
Poetry
- Lay Back the Darkness (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003) ISBN 0-375-41521-1
- an exploration of middle age.
- On Love, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998)
- Earthly Measures, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994) ISBN 0-679-76566-2
- a collection of meditations on the manifestations of the divine in everyday life.
- The Night Parade, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989)
- Wild Gratitude, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986)
- For the Sleepwalkers, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981)
Non-fiction
- How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry, (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1999) ISBN 0-15-100419-6
- Responsive Reading, (1999)
- 'Introduction' in John Keats, Complete Poems and Selected Letters of John Keats, (New York: Modern Library, 2001) ISBN 0-375-75669-8
- The Demon and the Angel: Searching for the Source of Artistic Expression, (New York: Harcourt Brace, 2002)
- Poet's Choice, (New York: Harcourt, 2006) ISBN 0-15-101356-X
External links
- To Go Its Way in Tears: Poems of Grief a collection edited by Hirsch
- Benjamin Seaman, 'A Conversation With Stuart Dybek and Edward Hirsch' at Artful Dodge
- University of Houston faculty profile
References
- anon, 'Edward Hirsch', The Academy of American Poets, <http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/157>, retrieved 25 Feb 2005
- Philip Heldrich, 'Hirsch's approach to poetry represents historical continuum', Houston Chronicle, May 16, 2003
- Edward Hirsch, 'How to read a poem', DoubleTake, 6 [available at How to read a poem ]
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Press Release, September 3, 2002 [available at Press Release: Edward Hirsch appointed President of the Guggenheim Foundation ]
- http://www.lannan.org/lf/audio/bookworm/eh/
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