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(1917-1977)(Robert Traill Spence Lowell, IV) Poet. Robert Lowell lived in Manhattan, New York, and served a jail sentence as a conscientious objector in the 1940s in a New York City jail; he died in a taxicab coming to Manhattan, New York, to see his former wife Eliazbeth Hardwick. He was also married to Jean Stafford. He was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1947 to 1948.

Full Name

Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Mr. Lowell lived for a time in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York.

1917

BIRTH

Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 1, 1917.

1944

LITWORK

Land Of Unlikeness
The Cummington Press

Poetry.

1946

LITWORK

Lord Weary's Castle
Harcourt, Brace and Company
1135415439 / 978-1135415433
Poetry collection which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

1948

OTHER

Mr. Lowell was a writer in residence at the Yaddo artists' colony in Saratoga Springs, New York, during 1948 and 1949.

1949

LITWORK

The Mills Of The Kavanaughs
Harcourt
0151598258 / 978-0151598250
Collection of poetry.

1959

LITWORK

Life Studies
Farrar Straus & Cudahy

Poetry, winner of the National Book Award in 1960.

1961

LITWORK

Imitations
Faber & Faber

Collection of poetry.

1964

LITWORK

For The Union Dead
Farrar Straus & Giroux
0374157405 / 978-0374157401
Collection of poetry.

1965

LITWORK

The Old Glory
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
113517766X / 978-1135177669
Play.

1967

LITWORK

Near the Ocean
Farrar Straus & Giroux
0374219885 / 978-0374219888
Collection of poetry.

1973

LITWORK

The Dolphin
Faber & Faber
0571102050 / 978-0571102051
Collection of poetry, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1974.

1977

DEATH

Robert Lowell died in Manhattan, New York, on September 12, 1977.

1977

INTERMENT

Robert Lowell is buried in the private Stark Cemetery, Dunbarton, New Hampshire.

1977

LITWORK

Day By Day
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
0374135258 / 978-0374135256
Collection of poetry.

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