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(1908-1984) Poet. George Oppen was born in New Rochelle, New York, and lived in New York at different times during his life. H received the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for poetry and an American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters award for excellence in literature in 1980.

Full Name

George Oppen

Locations

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Author's Timeline


1908

BIRTH

George Oppen was born in New Rochelle, New York, in 1908.

1934

LITWORK

Discrete Series
Objectivist Press. Reprinted, Asphodel Book Shop, 1966.

Collection of poetry.

1960

RESIDENCE

George Oppen, and his wife, Mary Oppen, moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 1960. They had lived in New York City at previous times.

1962

LITWORK

The Materials
New Directions / San Francisco Review

Collection of poetry.

1965

LITWORK

This In Which
New Directions
0811203379 / 978-0811203371
Collection of poetry.

1968

LITWORK

Of Being Numerous
New Directions.
0811203360 / 978-0811203364
Collection of poetry and winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

1969

LITWORK

Alpine: Poems
Mount Horeb, WI: Perishable Press

Collection of poetry.

1972

LITWORK

Seascape: Needle's Eye
Fremont, MI: The Sumac Press
0912090219 / 978-0912090214
Collection of poetry.

1972

LITWORK

Collected Poems
Fulcrum Press

Collection of poetry.

1975

LITWORK

George Oppen: The Collected Poems
New Directions Publishing
0811205835 / 978-0811205832
Collection of poetry, includes "Myth of the Blaze."

1975

LITWORK

Myth of the Blaze


Collection of poetry.

1975

LITWORK

Myth of the Blaze: New Poems


Collection of poetry.

1978

LITWORK

Primitive
Black Sparrow Press

Collection of poetry.

1984

DEATH

George Oppen died in the Idlewood Convalescent Home in Sunnyvale, California, on July 7, 1984.

1990

LITWORK

The Selected Letters of George Oppen
Durham, NC: Duke University Press
0822310171 / 978-0822310174
Collection of letters. Edited by Rachel Blau DuPlessis.

2002

LITWORK

New Collected Poems
New York, NY: New Directions
780811218054 / 978-0811218054
Collection of poetry; revised edition 2008.

2003

LITWORK

Selected Poems
New Directions
0811215571 / 978-0811215572
Collection of poetry.

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