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(1905-2006) Poet. Stanley Kunitz was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and died in New York City. He was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1974 to 1976 and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2000 to 2001. He was the New York State Poet Laureate from 1987 to 1989. He taught at many colleges and universities including Columbia University in Manhattan, New York. His first collection of poems, “Intellectual Things,” was published in 1930 and was followed by several more collections.

Full Name

Stanley Jasspon Kunitz

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


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RESIDENCE

Kunitz lived in New York City.

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Stanley Kunitz taught at many colleges and universities including the New York State Teachers College in Potsdam, New York.

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Stanley Kunitz taught at many colleges and universities including the New School for Social Research in Manhattan, New York.

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Stanley Kunitz taught at many colleges and universities including the New School for Social Research, Manhattan, New York.

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Stanley Kunitz taught at many colleges and universities including Queens College, Flushing, New York.

1905

BIRTH

Stanley Jasspon Kunitz was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1905.

1930

LITWORK

Intellectual Things


Collection of poems.

1940

LITWORK

Passport to the War


Poetry.

1958

LITWORK

Selected Poems 1928-1958


Pulitzer Prize winner.

1967

RESIDENCE

Kunitz taught poetry for many years at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York. (1967-1985)

1971

LITWORK

The Testing-Tree


Poetry.

1974

LITWORK

The Coat Without a Seam

1978

LITWORK

The Lincoln Relics

1979

LITWORK

The Poems of Stanley Kunitz: 1928���1978


Poetry.

1983

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The Wellfleet Whale and Companion Poems


Poetry.

1985

LITWORK

Next-to-Last Things


Poetry.

1995

LITWORK

Passing Through: The Later Poems, New and Selected


National Book Award.

2000

LITWORK

Collected Poems

2006

DEATH

Stanley Kunitz died in Manhattan, New York, in 2006.

2006

INTERMENT

Stanley Kunitz is buried in the Provincetown Town Cemetery, Provincetown, Massachusetts.

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