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About Anthony Evan Hecht
Anthony Hecht was a famous poet and critic who taught at several prestigious institutions, including the University of Rochester, Georgetown, Yale, Harvard, and Smith College. He served as poet laureate from 1982 to 1984 and received several prestigious poetry awards, including the Bollingen Prize, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the Wallace Stevens Award, and the Frost Medal. He published two volumes of collected poems: Early Collected Poems (1993) and Later Collected Poems (2005).
Initially, Hecht's early work was often criticized for being too ornate or Baroque, but his Pulitzer Prize-winning collection The Hard Hours (1967) is now considered his breakthrough volume. In this book, Hecht drew from his experiences as a soldier in Europe during World War II. The poems in the collection often delve into the unsettling and horrific aspects of human nature, but they are written in a clear and flowing style that became Hecht's trademark.
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Anthony Evan Hecht's Timeline
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January 16, 1923
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New York, United States
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| 2004 |
October 20, 2004
Age 81
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Bard College Cemetery, Annandale-on-Hudson, Dutchess County, New York, USA
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