1. Anthony Hecht - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Anthony Evan Hecht, (January 16, 1923 – October 20, 2004), was an American poet. His work combined a deep interest in form with a passionate desire to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Hecht

Anthony Hecht From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Anthony Evan Hecht January 16 October 20 ), was an American poet . His work combined a deep interest in form with a passionate desire to confront the horrors of 20th century history, with the Second World War , in which he fought, and the Holocaust being recurrent themes in his work. Contents Life Career Double Dactyl Bibliography ... edit Life Hecht was born in New York City to German Jewish parents. He was educated at various schools in the city - he was a classmate of Jack Kerouac at one point - but showed no great academic ability, something he would later refer to as "conspicuous." However, as a freshman English student at Bard College in New York he discovered the works of Stevens Auden Eliot , and Dylan Thomas . It was at this point that he decided he would become a poet. Hecht's parents were not happy at his plans and tried to discourage them; even getting family friend Ted Geisel , better known as Dr. Seuss, to attempt to dissuade him. In , upon completing his final year at Bard, Hecht was drafted into the 97th Infantry Division and was sent to the battlefields in Europe . He saw a great deal of combat in Germany France , and Czechoslovakia . However, his most significant experience occurred on

2. Anthony Hecht --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on Anthony Hecht American poet whose elegant tone, mastery of many poetic forms, and broad knowledge and http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9344845/Anthony-Hecht

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3. Anthony Hecht Anthony Hecht is the author of seven books of poetry, among them The Hard Hours, which received the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1968, Flight Among the http://washingtonart.com/beltway/hecht.html

Anthony Hecht biographical notes SAUL AND DAVID It was a villainous spirit, snub-nosed, foul Of breath, thick-taloned and malevolent, That squatted within him wheresoever he went And possessed the soul of Saul. There was no peace on pillow or on throne. In dreams the toothless, dwarfed, and squinny-eyed Started a joyful rumor that he had died Unfriended and alone. The doctors were confounded. In his distress, he Put aside arrogant ways and condescended To seek among the flocks where they were tended By the youngest son of Jesse, A shepherd boy, but goodly to look upon, Unnoticed but God-favored, sturdy of limb As Michelangelo later imagined him, Comely even in his frown. Shall a mere shepherd provide the cure of kings? Heaven itself delights in ironies such As this, in which a boy's fingers would touch Pythagorean strings And by a modal artistry assemble The very Sons of Morning, the ranked and choired Heavens in sweet laudation of the Lord, And make Saul cease to tremble. from used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

4. Anthony Hecht Anthony Hecht AKA Anthony Evan Hecht. Born 16Jan-1923 Birthplace New York City Father Melvyn Hahlo Hecht Mother Dorothea Holzman Brother Roger http://www.nndb.com/people/622/000099325/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for Anthony Hecht AKA Anthony Evan Hecht Born: 16-Jan Birthplace: New York City Died: 20-Oct Location of death: Washington, DC Cause of death: unspecified Gender: Male Religion: Jewish Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Poet Nationality: United States Executive summary: The Hard Hours Military service: US Army (97th Infantry Division, WWII) Father: Melvyn Hahlo Hecht Mother: Dorothea Holzman Brother: Roger Wife: Patricia Harris (div. 1961, two sons) Wife: Helen D'Alessandro (one son) University: BA, Bard College (1944) University: Kenyon College, Ohio University: MA, Columbia University (1950) Professor: University of Rochester (1967-85) Professor: Georgetown University Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1968 for The Hard Hours Bollingen Prize in Poetry 1983 (with John Hollander Prix de Rome Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowship ... Fulbright 1969 (professorship, Brazil) Nervous Breakdown German Ancestry Author of books: A Summoning of Stones , poetry) The Hard Hours , poetry) Millions of Strange Shadows , poetry) The Venetian Vespers , poetry) Obbligati: Essays in Criticism , criticism) The Transparent Man , poetry) The Hidden Law: The Poetry of W.H. Auden

5. Borzoi Reader | Authors | Anthony Hecht Anthony Hecht interview about his life and work with Philip Hoy Several poems by Anthony Hecht in Beltway Poetry Quarterly http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/authors/hecht/poetsonpoetry.html

The Darkness and the Light Flight Among the Tombs Flight Among the Tombs The Transparent Man Anthony Hecht's Academy of American Poets page Anthony Hecht interview about his life and work with Philip Hoy Hecht's page in Modern American Poetry ... Ploughshares Anthony Hecht "Beginnings" My literary education began with nursery rhymes and Mother Goose, the fairly common way for those of my generation, as well as those going back to Victorian times. Hinx, minx, the old witch winks, The fat begins to fry; Nobody home but Jumping Joan, Father, mother, and I. Stick, stock, stone dead, Blind man can't see; Every knave will have a slave, You or I must be he. What child would not be intrigued by such verse, filled as it is with admirable mystery: a witch, a curious person named "Jumping Joan," the mention of the unmentionable in the world of the real nursery, the dead, the blind, and slaves. Most of all, the frank inclusion of "me," as part of the drama. I was enchanted, and the more pleased to find that the grown-ups who read me these poems were as mystified as I by them. It would be many years before I would encounter: Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf

6. Anthony Hecht - Poems, Biography, Quotes Free collection of all Anthony Hecht Poems and Biography. See the best poems and poetry by Anthony Hecht. http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/anthony_hecht

Famous Poets and Poems: Home Poets Poem of the Month Poet of the Month ... Love Poems Search for: Poets Poems FamousPoetsAndPoems.com Poets / Anthony Hecht Biography Poems Quotes Books ... Post Your Poems Popular Poets Langston Hughes Shel Silverstein Pablo Neruda Maya Angelou ... All Poets See also: Love Poems and Quotes Poets by Nationality African American Poets Women Poets ... Meaning of Names Anthony Hecht Enlarge Picture View Anthony Hecht: Poems Quotes Biography Books Hecht was born in New York City to German-Jewish parents. He was educated at various schools in the city - he was a classmate of Jack Kerouac at one point - but showed no great academic ability, something he would later refer to as "conspicuous". However, as a freshman English student at Bard College in New York he discovered the works of Stevens, Auden, Eliot, and Dylan Thomas, it was at this point that he decided he would become a poet. Hecht's parents were not happy at his plans and tried to .. Continue.. Some of Anthony Hecht Poems The Dover Bitch: A Criticism Of Life Lizards And Snakes More Light! More Light! The End Of The Weekend ... View all Anthony Hecht Poems Quote from Author A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery; and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again and again, till they pass through the stage of sounding like nonsense, and finally return to a full sense that had at first escaped notice.

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8. Anthony Hecht The Academy of American Poets presents a biography, photograph, and selected poems. http://www.poets.org/ahech/

9. Anthony Hecht Notes on hecht s work from the Modern American Poetry series. http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/hecht/hecht.htm

Anthony Hecht (1923-) About Anthony Hecht On "More Light! More Light!" On "A Hill" Excerpts from an Online Interview with Hecht ... External Links Prepared and Compiled by Edward Brunner and Cary Nelson Return to Modern American Poetry Home Return to Poets Index

10. Poet, Essayist Anthony Hecht Dies At 81 (washingtonpost.com) anthony hecht, one of America s most distinguished poets of the past halfcentury, whose musically exquisite verse expressed dark observations about mankind http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53133-2004Oct21.html

var SA_Message="SACategory=" + thisNode; Hello Change Preferences Sign Out Sign In Register Now ... Pets SEARCH: washingtonpost.com Web Search Archives washingtonpost.com Metro Obituaries ... E-Mail This Article RSS News Feeds Top News Obituaries What is RSS? All RSS Feeds Poet, Essayist Anthony Hecht Dies at 81 By Matt Schudel Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, October 22, 2004; Page B07 Anthony Hecht, one of America's most distinguished poets of the past half-century, whose musically exquisite verse expressed dark observations about mankind, died Oct. 20 of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at his home in Washington. Mr. Hecht, who was 81, had won the Pulitzer Prize and many other awards when he moved to Washington in 1982 as poetry consultant to the Library of Congress one of the nation's highest honors for a poet. In 1985, after his two-year term expired, he became a professor at Georgetown University, from which he retired in 1993. He continued to write poems until near the time of his death. Anthony Hecht, who taught at Georgetown University, won the Pulitzer and other prizes for poetry. Search Paid Death Notices Call (202) 334-4122 to place a paid death notice.

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Poem Hunter .com Poet: Anthony Hecht - All poems of Anthony Hecht 1/26/2008 11:09:05 PM Home Poets Poems Lyrics ... SEARCH Anthony Hecht Free Poetry E-Book: 19 poems of Anthony Hecht File Size: 167k File Format: Acrobat Reader To download the eBook right-Click on the title and select "Save Target As". Poems Quotations Comments More Info ... Stats Poems Search in the poems of Anthony Hecht Click the title of the poem you'd like read. A Hill A Letter Chorus From Oedipus At Colonos Curriculum Vitae ... Witness Quotations "It's all very well to dream of a dove that saves, Picasso's or the Pope's The one that annually coos in Our Lady's ear Half the world's hopes," Anthony Hecht (b. 1923), U.S. poet. Birdwatchers of America (l. 1-4). . . New Oxford Book of American Verse, The. Richard Ellmann, ed. (1976) Oxford University Press. "The air was clear. He seemed in ultimate peace Except that he had no eyes. Rigid and bright Upon the forehead, furred With a light frost, crouched an outrageous bird." Anthony Hecht (b. 1923), U.S. poet. Birdwatchers of America (l. 21-24). . . New Oxford Book of American Verse, The. Richard Ellmann, ed. (1976) Oxford University Press.

12. Anthony Hecht News - The New York Times News about anthony hecht. Commentary and archival information about anthony hecht from The New York Times. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/h/anthony_hecht/index

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13. Anthony Hecht Criticism (Vol. 19) hecht, anthony 1923–. A Pulitzer Prizewinning American poet, hecht is a technically ingenious and accomplished craftsman who writes in an elegant, http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-literary-criticism/hecht-anthony-vol-19

utmSetVar('lit_all'); Anthony Hecht Criticism and Essays Welcome, guest! Login Join eNotes Entire Site Literature Science History Business Soc. Sciences Health Arts College Journals Literature Science History Business ... Z Search All Criticism: Printable Version Download PDF Cite this Page Hecht, Anthony 1923– A Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, Hecht is a technically ingenious and accomplished craftsman who writes in an elegant, baroque style. A common theme of Hecht's—the ironic contrast between harsh reality and artistic (false) versions of reality—can be found in one of his frequently anthologized poems, the satirical "Dover Bitch." (See also CLC , Vols. 8, 13, and Contemporary Authors , Vols. 9-12, rev. ed.) Navigate Introduction Christopher Ricks Phoebe Pettingell Joel Oppenheimer ... J. D. Mcclatchy initMenu(document.getElementById('multiMenu')); eNotes Lookup Tip: Lookup any word on eNotes with our dictionary. Simply highlight the word and press SHIFT + D for a definition. Jobs Advertise Contact About Us ... Help

14. Hecht, Anthony (Harper's Magazine) hecht, anthony THINGS CONNECTED TO “hecht, anthony”. HUMAN BEINGS. Adoff, Arnold by anthony hecht Poem, April 1971, 1 pp. http://www.harpers.org/subjects/AnthonyHecht

HOME SUBSCRIBE ARCHIVE SUBJECTS ... SKIP to main content USERNAME PASSWORD Subscriber? Lost password? Hecht, Anthony WRITER OF 3 Poems from 1969 to 1984 SUBJECT OF 1 Review from 1968 CONNECTIONS HAS BORN DATE HUMAN BEINGS Adoff, Arnold Bly, Robert Duncan, Robert Edward Gross, Ronald ... An autumnal by Anthony Hecht Poem, April 1971 , 1 pp. Harper's Magazine is an American journal of literature, politics, culture, and the arts published from 1850. Subscriptions start at $16.97 a year. About Harper's Contact Harper's Advertising information

15. Poetry Foundation: The Online Home Of The Poetry Foundation For a contemporary poet, anthony hecht is unusually absorbed by old forms and language. If there is a genteel tradition in American poetry, Mr. hecht is http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=3038

16. TomFolio.com: By Anthony Hecht hecht, anthony On The Laws Of The Poetic Art Publisher Princeton University Press. First Edition, 1995. White cloth over boards, in dustjacket. http://www.tomfolio.com/SearchAuthorTitle.asp?Aut=Anthony_Hecht

17. HALL, Donald; HECHT, Anthony; WRIGHT, James.; [Miles Modern Poetry Week Mimeo]. An eight page mimeo, with poems by Donald Hall ( The Funeral , Jack and the Other Jack , The Adults , Marat s Death ), anthony hecht ( Drinking Song , http://www.ilab.org/db/book2060_9059.html

@import url("/css/nav.css"); @import url("/css/backgroundimages.css"); @import url("/css/contentcolumn.css"); @import url("/css/boxes.css"); @import url("/css/searchresults.css"); @import url("/css/lists.css"); @import url("/css/bookseller.css"); @import url("/css/footer.css"); @import url("/css/screen.css"); @import url("/css/print.css"); home help contact forum items booksellers only sign-in Advanced search Browse catalogues ... Find a Book author title book detail HALL, Donald; HECHT, Anthony; WRIGHT, James. [Miles Modern Poetry Week Mimeo]. N.p.: Miles Modern Poetry Week [Wayne State], 1958. First Edition. An eight page mimeo, with poems by Donald Hall ("The Funeral", "Jack and the Other Jack", "The Adults", "Marat's Death"), Anthony Hecht ("Drinking Song", Birdwatchers of America", "Jason", "The Vow"), and James Wright ("Bitterness Over the Crib of a Deaf Child", "A Complaint for George Doty in the Death House", "Paul", "The Cold Divinities"). Miraculously SIGNED by all three. Presumably published to coincide with the Miles Modern Poetry Week, May 1958, at Wayne State University. Hall's contribution not in Kelleher. Acidic pages splitting and chipping, a good copy in stapled folded sheets with one page detached. An item probably unknown to all but the most ardent Hall and Wright collectors, and quite likely unique signed. USD 750.00

18. Hecht, Anthony | Find Articles At BNET.com anthony S. BUSH/The CapitalJournal Shawnee County District Attorney Robert hecht calls for the ouster of Shawnee County Treasurer Rita Cline at . http://findarticles.com/p/search?tb=art&qt=Hecht, Anthony

19. The Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize How to obtain information about the anthony hecht Poetry Prize. http://waywiser-press.com/hechtprize.html

The Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize The December 1st postmark deadline for the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize 2007 has now passed, and the judging process is underway. The competition's results will be posted here in May 2008. Guidelines and application forms for the next Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize will be posted here in August 2008. If you would like to be notified when the guidelines and application forms become available, please click on the email link below, enter the words "Hecht Prize 2008 Information Request" in the subject box, and then click on "Send". Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize 2008 Alert

20. The Life Of A Poet: A Conversation With Anthony Hecht NEH Chairman Bruce Cole spoke recently with anthony hecht about the writing of poetry and the relationship between poetry and art. hecht has published seven http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2004-03/lifeofapoet.html

The Life of a Poet A Conversation with Anthony Hecht NEH Chairman Bruce Cole spoke recently with Anthony Hecht about the writing of poetry and the relationship between poetry and art. Hecht has published seven volumes of poetry, among them The Hard Hours , which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1968. He is chancellor emeritus of the Academy of American Poets. Bruce Cole: Let’s begin at the beginning. How did you start out to be a poet? Anthony Hecht: When I was a college freshman, I had fallen in love with poetrythe poetry of others, to be sure, not my own. When I came home for a holiday weekend and announced with foolish bravura to my parents that that’s what I wanted to do, their silence was more appalling than any kind of recrimination. My father was a businessman and I expected to be told how stupid this was as a mode of life. But he didn’t say anything. Nor did my mother. I knew immediately that this represented the absolute epitome of disapproval. The next time I came home they had called in allies. The allies were, of all people, Dr. Seuss, who was a close family friend, and his wifeTed Geisel and his wife Helen. Nothing leading was said at any point during the course of the dinner conversation, but after the dinner was over, Ted walked in to the living room with me and put his arm on my shoulders and said, “Tell me what it is that you think you want to do with your life.” I knew immediately that this was a setup, that my parents were in up to their eyeballs. I saw no way of seeking some devious way out of it, so I simply confessed that I wanted to be a poet. Ted said, “I think that’s a wonderful ambition. Let me tell you what I think you should do first. I think you should read

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