| | 3,721 (10,891) | 103 | 5,820 |  (4.12) | 9 | 0 | Born in San Francisco, Calif., Robert Hass received his undergraduate degree from St. Mary's College and his masters and Ph.D. from Stanford University. After graduating, Hass wrote his first collection of poetry, Field Guide, which went on to win the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award in 1973. Hass's second collection, Praise, won the Williams Carlos Williams Award in 1979. Selected by the Library of Congress as Poet Laureate of the United States in 1995-96, Hass has taught writing at the University of California at Berkeley since 1989. Hass has co-translated several volumes of poetry by Nobel Laureate and fellow colleague Czeslaw Milosz and is the editor of The Essential Haiku. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Essential Haiku: Versions of Bashō, Buson, and Issa … (more) |
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Robert Hass has 4 past events. (show) The Life & Work of Daniel Halpern with Robert Hass In celebration of a lifetime of dazzling work spanning poetry, editing, and food writing, Daniel Halpern is joined by former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass to discuss his life and legacy. Halpern co-founded the influential literary journal Antaeus and is founder and publisher of Ecco, now an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. He is the author of nine books of poetry and publisher of many famous poets, writers, and food critics, including Hass, Jorie Graham, and Anthony Bourdain. (rmharris)… (more)A Tribute to W. S. Merwin A tribute to W. S. Merwin, with Sonnet Coggins, Robert Hass, Edward Hirsch, Howard Norman, Naomi Shihab Nye, Michael Ondaatje, John Burnham Schwartz, Tracy K. Smith, Michael Wiegers, and Terry Tempest Williams. Friends and fellow writers read from the work of W. S. Merwin in commemoration of his death on March 15, 2019. A two-term U.S. Poet Laureate, Merwin’s influence on American poetics has been profound. (rmharris)… (more)Event location: 92nd St Y, 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10128 The Poetic Species: A Conversation with Robert Hass & E.O. Wilson Robert Hass; E. O. Wilson discusses The Social Conquest of Earth. Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass, author of What Light Can Do: Essays on Art, Imagination, and the Natural World, engages in conversation with the internationally acclaimed scientist, entomologist and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner E.O. Wilson, author of The Social Conquest of Earth, about the intersections between science and poetry. These two extraordinary thinkers and writers—together for an unmissable conversation—discuss poetry, consciousness, evolution and the environment. Co-sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History. $15, $13.50 for Poets House members To take advantage of special pricing, contact Joe Fritsch at joe@poetshouse.org. Please arrive early to allow extra time for museum entry. (rmharris)… (more) Event location: LeFrak Theater, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West @79th Street Inprint Brown Reading Series: Robert Hass Robert Hass reads from Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005. Robert Hass, former U.S. Poet Laureate, is a champion of the literacy and environmental movements. A recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “genius” fellowship and two National Book Critics Circle Awards, Hass is the author of five collections of poetry, including Field Guide, Praise, Human Values, Sun Under Wood, and his much-anticipated new collection, Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005. The Atlantic Monthly writes, “No practicing poet has more talent than Robert Hass.” Time and Materials recently won the National Book Award for Poetry. (philosojerk)… (more) Event location: Alley Theatre, Neuhaus Stage, 615 Texas Avenue, Houston,TX 77002
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