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(1927-1999) Poet, translator. Armand Schwerner taught at College of Staten Island in Staten Island, New York.

Full Name

Armand Schwerner

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1927

BIRTH

Armand Schwerner was born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1927.

1935

RESIDENCE

Schwerner moved to New York with his father in 1935. His mother and siblings came in 1936.

1950

OTHER

Schwerner received a bachelor of arts degree from Columbia University in 1950.

1963

LITWORK

The Lightfall
Hawk's Well Press, New York.

1964

OTHER

Schwerner taught at Staten Island Community College in Staten Island, New York, for twelve years beginning in 1964.

1964

OTHER

Schwerner received a master of arts degree from Columbia University in 1964.

1968

LITWORK

The Tablets


Poetry.

1968

LITWORK

(if personal)
Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles.

1968

LITWORK

The Tablets I-VIII
The Cummington Press, West Branch.

1969

LITWORK

Seaweed
Black Sparrow, Los Angeles.

Poetry.

1974

LITWORK

Redspel: Eleven American Indian Adaptations
Perishable Press.

1974

LITWORK

Bacchae Sonnets
Abattoir Editions & The Cummington Press/The University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha.

1976

LITWORK

The Tablets XVI-XVIII
The Heron Press, Boston.

1976

LITWORK

This Practice: Tablet XIX & Other Poems
Permanent Press, London and New York.

1976

OTHER

Schwerner taught at the College of Staten Island of the City University of New York from 1976 until retirement in 1998.

1999

DEATH

Armand Schwerner died in Staten Island, New York, in 1999.

1999

LITWORK

Selected Shorter Poems
San Diego, Junction Press.

Poetry.

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