Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV
1917 - 1977
General Information
Bio
(1917-1977)(Robert Traill Spence Lowell, IV) Poet. Robert Lowell lived in Manhattan, New York, and served a jail sentence as a conscientious objector in the 1940s in a New York City jail; he died in a taxicab coming to Manhattan, New York, to see his former wife Eliazbeth Hardwick. He was also married to Jean Stafford. He was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1947 to 1948.
Full Name
Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
Unknown
RESIDENCE
Mr. Lowell lived for a time in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York.
1917
BIRTH
Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 1, 1917.
1944
LITWORK
Land Of Unlikeness
The Cummington Press
Poetry.
The Cummington Press
Poetry.
1946
LITWORK
Lord Weary's Castle
Harcourt, Brace and Company
1135415439 / 978-1135415433
Poetry collection which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
Harcourt, Brace and Company
1135415439 / 978-1135415433
Poetry collection which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
1948
OTHER
Mr. Lowell was a writer in residence at the Yaddo artists' colony in Saratoga Springs, New York, during 1948 and 1949.
1949
LITWORK
The Mills Of The Kavanaughs
Harcourt
0151598258 / 978-0151598250
Collection of poetry.
Harcourt
0151598258 / 978-0151598250
Collection of poetry.
1959
LITWORK
Life Studies
Farrar Straus & Cudahy
Poetry, winner of the National Book Award in 1960.
Farrar Straus & Cudahy
Poetry, winner of the National Book Award in 1960.
1961
LITWORK
Imitations
Faber & Faber
Collection of poetry.
Faber & Faber
Collection of poetry.
1964
LITWORK
For The Union Dead
Farrar Straus & Giroux
0374157405 / 978-0374157401
Collection of poetry.
Farrar Straus & Giroux
0374157405 / 978-0374157401
Collection of poetry.
1965
LITWORK
The Old Glory
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
113517766X / 978-1135177669
Play.
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
113517766X / 978-1135177669
Play.
1967
LITWORK
Near the Ocean
Farrar Straus & Giroux
0374219885 / 978-0374219888
Collection of poetry.
Farrar Straus & Giroux
0374219885 / 978-0374219888
Collection of poetry.
1973
LITWORK
The Dolphin
Faber & Faber
0571102050 / 978-0571102051
Collection of poetry, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1974.
Faber & Faber
0571102050 / 978-0571102051
Collection of poetry, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1974.
1977
DEATH
Robert Lowell died in Manhattan, New York, on September 12, 1977.
1977
INTERMENT
Robert Lowell is buried in the private Stark Cemetery, Dunbarton, New Hampshire.
1977
LITWORK
Day By Day
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
0374135258 / 978-0374135256
Collection of poetry.
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
0374135258 / 978-0374135256
Collection of poetry.
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