The Owner of the House by Louis Simpson
A major poetry collection by one of America's most widely acclaimed poets, published in his eightieth year
From BooklistSimpson is one of the most memorable contributors to the outstanding Poets of World War II [BKL Mr 15 03]His war experiences in the infantry in Europe were hairier than those of most American soldier-poets, who flew or served away from the front. The war preoccupies his early work, which includes most of his most impressive poems. Those, regular in rhyme and meter, often achieve their edgy power by balancing grim content against the plucky mood of their jingly rhythms. After the war, Simpson became a literature professor without forsaking his public voice and concerns. Switching to unrhymed, even-lined verse, he wrote of gray comforts and desperate strivings (often just so much adultery) in the suburbs; of travel and travel observations; and of his Russian Jewish heritage, which somehow led to his own upbringing in Jamaica while too many relatives went to Auschwitz. Read chronologically, his poems constitute the record of a finely intelligent and democratic man's journey from heroism to warm, common citizenship--a life one can envy. Ray Olson
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Educated at Munro College (Jamaica, West Indies) and at Columbia where he received his doctorate, Louis Simpson has taught at various universities. The author of seventeen books of poetry, he has received the Rome Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Hudson Review Fellowship, Guggenheim Foundation fellowships, and the Pulitzer Prize.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781929918393 |
| ISBN 10 | 1929918399 |
| Title | The Owner of the House |
| Author | Louis Simpson |
| Series | American Poets Continuum |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | BOA Editions, Limited |
| Year published | 2003-10-16 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Prizes | Commended for National Book Awards (Poetry) 2003 |
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