George Oppen
1908 - 1984
General Information
Bio
(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
Kings
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.
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.
New Directions / San Francisco Review
Collection of poetry.
1965
LITWORK
This In Which
New Directions
0811203379 / 978-0811203371
Collection of poetry.
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.
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.
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.
Fremont, MI: The Sumac Press
0912090219 / 978-0912090214
Collection of poetry.
1972
LITWORK
Collected Poems
Fulcrum Press
Collection of poetry.
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."
New Directions Publishing
0811205835 / 978-0811205832
Collection of poetry, includes "Myth of the Blaze."
1975
LITWORK
Myth of the Blaze
Collection of poetry.
Collection of poetry.
1975
LITWORK
Myth of the Blaze: New Poems
Collection of poetry.
Collection of poetry.
1978
LITWORK
Primitive
Black Sparrow Press
Collection of poetry.
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.
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.
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.
New Directions
0811215571 / 978-0811215572
Collection of poetry.
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