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(1934-2014) Poet. Mark Strand was born in Summerside on Prince Edward Island in Canada, and died in Brooklyn, New York. He was named Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1990-1991 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1999.

Full Name

Mark Apter Strand

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Author's Timeline

1934

BIRTH

Mark Apter Strand was born in Summerside on Prince Edward Island in Canada, on April 11, 1934.

1964

LITWORK

Sleeping With One Eye Open
Stone Wall Press

Collection of poetry.

1968

LITWORK

Reasons For Moving
Atheneum

Collection of poetry.

1970

LITWORK

Darker
Atheneum Publishers

Collection of poetry.

1973

LITWORK

The Story Of Our Lives
Atheneum
0689105762 / 978-0689105760
Collection of poetry.

1978

LITWORK

The Late Hour
Atheneum
0689108796 / 978-0689108792
Collection of poetry.

1982

LITWORK

The Planet Of Lost Things
Clarkson Potter
051754184X / 978-0517541845
Children's book.

1985

LITWORK

Mr. and Mrs. Baby
Knopf
0394513592 / 978-0394513591
Collection of short stories.

1990

LITWORK

A Continuous Life
Knopf
0394588177 / 978-0394588179
Collection of poetry.

1995

LITWORK

Dark Harbor
Knopf
0679418865 / 978-0679418863
A single poem.

1998

LITWORK

Blizzard of One
Knopf
0375401393 / 978-0375401398
Collection of poetry, awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1999.

2014

DEATH

Mark Strand died at his daughter's home in Brooklyn, New York, on November 29, 2014.

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