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(1927-2017) Poet. John Ashbery was born in Rochester, New York, and died in Hudson, New York. He was the poet laureate of New York State from 2001 to 2003.

Full Name

John Ashbery

Locations

Wayne

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

As a child, Mr. Ashbery lived in Sodus, New York.

1927

BIRTH

John Lawrence Ashbery was born in Rochester, New York, on July 28, 1927.

1951

OTHER

Mr. Ashbery received a master���s degree in English from Columbia University in 1951.

1956

LITWORK

Some Trees
Yale University Press

Collection of poetry.

1962

LITWORK

The Tennis Court Oath


Collection of poetry.

1970

OTHER

Mr. Ashbery taught at Brooklyn college in the 1970s.

1970

LITWORK

The Double Dream of Spring
E P Dutton
0525095063 / 978-0525095064
Collection of poetry.

1976

LITWORK

Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
Viking Adult
067063283X / 978-0670632831
Poetry.

1977

LITWORK

Houseboat Days
Viking Adult
0670380350 / 978-0670380350
Collection of poetry.

1990

OTHER

Mr. Ashbery taught at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson beginning in 1990.

1991

LITWORK

Flow Chart: A Poem
Knopf
0679402012 / 978-0679402015
Poem.

1992

LITWORK

Hotel Lautr��amont
Knopf
0679415122 / 978-0679415121
Collection of poetry.

1999

LITWORK

Girls On The Run
Farrar Straus Giroux
0374162700 / 978-0374162702
Poem.

2002

LITWORK

Chinese Whispers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374122571 / 978-0374122577
Collection of poetry.

2005

LITWORK

Where Shall I Wander?
Ecco
0060765291 / 978-0060765293
Collection of poetry.

2017

DEATH

John Ashbery died at his home in Hudson, New York, on September 3, 2017.

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