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(1929-2008) Poet. Donald Finkel was born in the Bronx, New York, and grew up in that city. He taught at Bard College in Annandale-On-Hudson, New York. His wife was the poet and novelist Constance Urdang.

Full Name

Donald Finkel

Locations

Bronx

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Finkel grew up in the Bronx, New York.

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OTHER

Finkel taught at Bard College in Annandale-On-Hudson, New York.

1929

BIRTH

Donald Alexander Finkel was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1929, and grew up in that city.

1952

OTHER

Finkel received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, in 1952.

1953

OTHER

Finkel received a master's degree in English from Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, in 1953.

1959

LITWORK

The Clothing's New Emperor


Collection of poetry.

1964

LITWORK

Simeon


Collection of poetry.

1966

LITWORK

A Joyful Noise


Collection of poetry.

1968

LITWORK

Answer Back


Poetry.

1970

LITWORK

The Garbage Wars


Collection of poetry.

1972

LITWORK

Adequate Earth


Collection of poetry.

1975

LITWORK

A Mote In Heaven's Eye


Collection of poetry.

1978

LITWORK

Endurance: An Antarctic Idyll


Collection of poetry.

1978

LITWORK

Going Under


Collection of poetry.

1981

LITWORK

What Manner of Beast


Collection of poetry.

1984

LITWORK

The Detachable Man


Collection of poetry.

1987

LITWORK

The Wake Of The Electron


Collection of poetry.

1987

LITWORK

Selected Shorter Poems


Collection of poetry.

2003

LITWORK

Not So The Chairs: Selected And New Poems
Mid-List Press.

Collection of poetry.

2008

DEATH

Donald Finkel died in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2008.

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