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(1935 – 2007) Writer, Poet, Critic/Journalist. Michael Benedikt was born in New York City and received his bachelor’s degree from New York University and his master’s degree from Columbia University — continuing on to publish his own work as well as his literary criticism. He received a New York State Council for The Arts Grant, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, and an NEA Fellowship in his lifetime.

Full Name

Michael Benedikt

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


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Benedikt received a New York State Council for The Arts Grant, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, and an NEA Fellowship in his lifetime.

1935

BIRTH

Michael Benedikt was born on May 26, 1935 in New York City.

1956

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Mr. Benedikt received his bachelor's degree from New York University in 1956.

1961

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Mr. Benedikt received his master's degree in English and comparative literature from Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, in 1961.

1968

LITWORK

The Body
Wesleyan University Press

Collection of poetry.

1969

OTHER

Mr. Benedikt taught at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, from 1969 to 1973.

1970

LITWORK

Sky
Wesleyan University Press
0819520527 ISBN-13: 978-0819520524
Collection of poetry.

1971

LITWORK

Mole Notes
Wesleyan University Press
0819540382 ISBN-13: 978-0819540386
Collection of prose poems.

1976

LITWORK

Night Cries
Wesleyan University Press
0819520802 ISBN-13: 978-0819520807
Collection of prose poems.

1976

OTHER

Mr. Benedikt was an associate professor at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, from 1976 to 1977.

1980

LITWORK

The Badminton at Great Barrington; or, Gustave Mahler & The Chattanooga Choo-Choo
University of Pittsburgh Press
082293423X ISBN-13: 978-0822934233
Collection of poetry.

2007

DEATH

Michael Benedikt died at his home in Manhattan, New York, on February 9, 2007.

2014

LITWORK

Time is a Toy: The Selected Poems of Michael Benedikt
University Of Akron Press
1937378799 ISBN-13: 978-1937378790
Poetry.

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