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(1913-1966) Poet, writer. Delmore Schwartz was born in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from New York University in 1935 and lived at 775 Greenwich Street. His last address was 70 West 46th Street. He was an editor of the Partisan Review (1943-55).

Full Name

Delmore Schwartz

Locations

Onondaga

Author's Timeline


1913

BIRTH

Delmore Schwartz was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1913.

1935

OTHER

Schwartz graduated from New York University in 1935.

1938

LITWORK

In Dreams Begin Responsibilities


A short story, a play, and a collection of poetry.

1941

LITWORK

Shenandoah


Verse play.

1943

LITWORK

Genesis: Book One


A prose poem on the growth of a human being.

1948

LITWORK

World Is A Wedding


Collection of short stories.

1950

LITWORK

Vaudeville for a Princess and Other Poems


Collection of poetry.

1959

LITWORK

Summer Knowledge

1959

LITWORK

Summer Knowledge: New And Selected Poems, 1938-1958


Collection of poetry.

1961

LITWORK

Successful Love And Other Stories


Collection of stories.

1962

RESIDENCE

Schwartz taught creative writing at Syracuse University.

1966

DEATH

Delmore Schwartz died in New York, New York, in 1966.

1966

INTERMENT

Delmore Schwartz was interred at Cedar Park Cemetery, Emerson, Bergen County, New Jersey.

1970

LITWORK

Selected Essays


Edited by Donald Dike, David Zucker.

1978

LITWORK

In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories


Collection of short stories.

1989

LITWORK

Last And Lost Poems


Edited by New Directions Publishing.

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