Terrence Des Pres (1939–1987)
Author of The Survivor: An Anatomy of Life in the Death Camps
About the Author
Works by Terrence Des Pres
Associated Works
Adrienne Rich's Poetry and Prose [Norton Critical Edition] (1993) — Contributor — 342 copies, 2 reviews
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1939
- Date of death
- 1987-11-16
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Southeast Missouri State College (1962)
Washington University in St. Louis - Occupations
- Holocaust scholar
- Organizations
- Colgate University
- Awards and honors
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1978)
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Effingham, Illinois, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Illinois, USA
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Reviews
The poets' job is to blame and praise; rhyme the rats to death; give hope to the tribe. Praise is a solid whole which ties the poets William Butler Yeats, Bertolt Brecht, Breyten Breytenbach, Thomas McGrath and Adrienne Rich into the struggle between Antigone and Creon, the individual against the power.
An in depth look at the psychology of those who survived the death camps of the Nazi Holocaust. The book is a collection of Des Pres research as well as numerous first person accounts of survivors. Told in gruesome detail, the book is highly educational and extremely interesting, although not for the squeamish.
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Statistics
- Works
- 5
- Also by
- 4
- Members
- 369
- Popularity
- #65,263
- Rating
- 3.4
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 10
- Languages
- 1