Post by rosaiga38 on May 21, 2012 18:44:48 GMT -5
John Ashbery, an American poet, is recognized as one of the greatest twentieth-century American poet. He has won a plethora of awards for poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book award, and more. Ashbery has published over 20 books of poetry.
Ashbery was born in Rochester, New York, the son of a biology teacher and farmer. He grew up on a farm near Lake Ontario and went to school in Rochester. Ashbery has studied at Harvard University and Colombia University and found his first job in publishing for Oxford University Press. Ashbery‘s poem had continued to appear in magazines. Eventually his director, John Myers, helped Ashbery publish a chapbook of Ashbery’s poems with illustrations by Jane Freilcher.
Ashbery had begun writing poetry during his stay as a boarder at Deerfield Academy. He even had two of his poems published in a prestigious magazine, poetry, while he was there. During his third year of college he submitted his poetry to the Harvard advocate and got his poems quickly published. Eventually, he was installed as the fourth member of the magazine’s editorial board. After working in New York for four years, he received a Fulbright Fellowship and lived in Paris. He was an editor of the 12 issues and for money he had to translate French Murder Mysteries, serve as an art editor, and was an Art Critic. During this period he lived with the French Poet Pierre Martory. When Ashbery returned to the US he became engaged in writing reviews and editorial work, but he still managed to find the time to write poetry.
Ashbery had increased his recognition after the publication of Three poems which included the poem Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror. This collection had won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book award and is considered to be one of the masterpieces of American poetic literature. A few years later Houseboat Days was published and this collection contained As We Know and Litany. This collection had only reinforced his reputation.
John Ashbery’s abstract and complex style of writing is infamous for leaving the reader baffled. Critics have noticed how his body of work is a depiction of abstract expressionism, a movement in modern painting stressing nonrepresentational methods of picturing reality. It isn’t surprising that an experienced art critic incorporates painting methods into his own work. When reflecting upon his poem titled Litany, Ashbery told Contemporary authors “I’m quite puzzled by my work too, along with a lot of other people. I was always intrigued by it, but at the same time a little apprehensive and sort of embarrassed about annoying the same critics who are always annoyed by my work.” Ashbery has become known for his postmodern complexity and surrealism. He gives the power of interpretation to the reader.
A former Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets, Ashbery is currently the Charles P. Stevenson, Jr., Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College.
So without further ado, please welcome John Ashbery, the all American Poet, as he shares with us his poetry.
Word Count: 505
Ashbery was born in Rochester, New York, the son of a biology teacher and farmer. He grew up on a farm near Lake Ontario and went to school in Rochester. Ashbery has studied at Harvard University and Colombia University and found his first job in publishing for Oxford University Press. Ashbery‘s poem had continued to appear in magazines. Eventually his director, John Myers, helped Ashbery publish a chapbook of Ashbery’s poems with illustrations by Jane Freilcher.
Ashbery had begun writing poetry during his stay as a boarder at Deerfield Academy. He even had two of his poems published in a prestigious magazine, poetry, while he was there. During his third year of college he submitted his poetry to the Harvard advocate and got his poems quickly published. Eventually, he was installed as the fourth member of the magazine’s editorial board. After working in New York for four years, he received a Fulbright Fellowship and lived in Paris. He was an editor of the 12 issues and for money he had to translate French Murder Mysteries, serve as an art editor, and was an Art Critic. During this period he lived with the French Poet Pierre Martory. When Ashbery returned to the US he became engaged in writing reviews and editorial work, but he still managed to find the time to write poetry.
Ashbery had increased his recognition after the publication of Three poems which included the poem Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror. This collection had won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book award and is considered to be one of the masterpieces of American poetic literature. A few years later Houseboat Days was published and this collection contained As We Know and Litany. This collection had only reinforced his reputation.
John Ashbery’s abstract and complex style of writing is infamous for leaving the reader baffled. Critics have noticed how his body of work is a depiction of abstract expressionism, a movement in modern painting stressing nonrepresentational methods of picturing reality. It isn’t surprising that an experienced art critic incorporates painting methods into his own work. When reflecting upon his poem titled Litany, Ashbery told Contemporary authors “I’m quite puzzled by my work too, along with a lot of other people. I was always intrigued by it, but at the same time a little apprehensive and sort of embarrassed about annoying the same critics who are always annoyed by my work.” Ashbery has become known for his postmodern complexity and surrealism. He gives the power of interpretation to the reader.
A former Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets, Ashbery is currently the Charles P. Stevenson, Jr., Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College.
So without further ado, please welcome John Ashbery, the all American Poet, as he shares with us his poetry.
Word Count: 505