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Mark Strand
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Mark Strand (1934–2014) was an American poet, translator, editor, and writer. Born in Summerside and educated at Yale University, the University of Iowa, Antioch University, and Antioch College, he wrote in English. His professional career began in 1964, and he taught at Wesleyan University, the University of Chicago, and Columbia University. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Strand received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the MacArthur Fellows Program award, the Bollingen Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. His notable works include *City Secrets Books*, *Snowbound*, and *Surviving inside Congress*. He was influenced by Czesław Miłosz, Max Ernst, Giorgio de Chirico, and René Magritte. Strand died of liposarcoma in Brooklyn in 2014.
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- Works
- 4
Top works
- City Secrets Books
- Snowbound
- Surviving inside Congress
- Surviving inside Congress
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mark
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Summerside
- Place of death
- Brooklyn
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Markstrand012.JPG
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- Commons category
- Mark Strand
- date of death
- 2014-11-29
- date of birth
- 1934-04-11
- Commons Creator page
- Mark Strand
- cause of death
- liposarcoma
- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- influenced by
- René Magritte
- manner of death
- natural causes
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