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(1928-2015) Poet. Philip Levine was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Fresno, California. He served as United States poet laureate from 2011 to 2012. He received the Pulitzer Prize in 1995 for his collection “The Simple Truth”.

Full Name

Philip Levine

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Author's Timeline


Unknown

OTHER

Mr. Levine was a regular guest instructor at New York University.

1928

BIRTH

Philip Levine was born in Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, on January 10, 1928.

1964

LITWORK

On The Edge
Second Press Book

Collection of poetry.

1968

LITWORK

Not This Pig
Wesleyan University Press
0819520381 / 978-0819520388
Collection of poetry.

1972

LITWORK

They Feed They Lion
MacMillan Publishing Company
0689104901 / 978-0689104909
Collection of poetry.

1974

LITWORK

1933
Atheneum
068910586X / 978-0689105869
Collection of poetry.

1979

LITWORK

Ashes: Poems New And Old
Graywolf Press

Mr. Levine received a National Book Award in 1980 for "Ashes: Poems New and Old."

1979

LITWORK

7 Years From Somewhere
Atheneum
0689109741 / 978-0689109744
Collection of poetry.

1988

LITWORK

A Walk With Tom Jefferson
Alfred A. Knopf
0394570383 / 978-0394570389
Collection of poetry.

1991

LITWORK

What Work Is
Knopf
0679401660 / 978-0679401667
Mr. Levine received a National Book Award in 1991 for "What Work Is."

1994

LITWORK

The Simple Truth
Knopf
0679435808 / 978-0679435808
Collection of poetry for which Mr. Levine received the Pulitzer Prize in 1995.

1994

LITWORK

The Bread Of Time
Knopf
0679424067 / 978-0679424062
Collection of poetry.

2015

DEATH

Philip Levine died at his home in Fresno, California, on February 14, 2015.

2015

RESIDENCE

Mr. Levine had a home in Brooklyn, New York, as well as the one in Fresno, California.

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