Anthony Hecht

1923 - 2004

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Columbia University, Bard College, University of Iowa, Kenyon College, Horace Mann School

occupation: poet, writer

award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, Rome Prize, Bollingen Prize, National Medal of Arts, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, United States Poet Laureate, Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, Robert Frost Medal, Academy of American Poets Fellowship, Russell Loines Award for Poetry, Wallace Stevens Award

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 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)