J. D. McClatchy (1945–2018)
Author of The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry
About the Author
J. D. McClatchy was born Joseph Donald McClatchy Jr. in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania on August 12, 1945. He received a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in English literature from Yale University. He taught at Yale University and Princeton University. He was the editor of The Yale show more Review from 1991 until his retirement in 2017. He was a poet, editor, anthologist, translator, and critic. He wrote eight volumes of poetry including Scenes from Another Life, Stars Principal, Kilim, Ten Commandments, The Rest of the Way, Mercury Dressing, Hazmat, and Plundered Hearts. He edited the Library of America's 2007 volume Thornton Wilder: Collected Plays and Writings on Theater. His volumes of criticism included White Paper: On Contemporary American Poetry and Twenty Questions. His anthologies included Poets on Painters: Essays on the Art of Painting by Twentieth-Century Poets, The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, and Love Speaks Its Name: Gay and Lesbian Love Poems. His poems and essays appeared in numerous publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, and The Paris Review. He received two Lambda Literary Awards and Poetry magazine's Levinson Prize. He was also the author of opera librettos. He died from cancer on April 10, 2018 at the age of 72. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by J. D. McClatchy
Love Speaks Its Name: Gay and Lesbian Love Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) (2001) 161 copies
Associated Works
Thornton Wilder: Collected Plays and Writings on Theater (Library of America) (2007) — Editor — 188 copies
Thornton Wilder: The Eighth Day / Theophilus North / Autobiographical Writings (2012) — Editor — 101 copies
One Toss of the Dice: The Incredible Story of How a Poem Made Us Modern (2016) — Translator — 33 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- McClatchy, Joseph Donald, Jr.
- Birthdate
- 1945-08-12
- Date of death
- 2018-04-10
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
- Place of death
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Cause of death
- cancer
- Places of residence
- Stonington, Connecticut, USA
- Education
- Georgetown University (A.B. | summa cum laude |1967)
Yale University (Ph.D. | 1974) - Occupations
- poet
translator
anthologist
professor (English)
editor
literary critic (show all 7)
essayist - Relationships
- Kidd, Chip (husband)
- Organizations
- International PEN
Poetry Society of America
Alpha Sigma Nu
University of California, Los Angeles
Columbia University
Rutgers University (show all 11)
Johns Hopkins University
LaSalle College
Yale University
Yale Review
Princeton University - Awards and honors
- Woodrow Wilson Fellowship (1967-68)
New York State Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (1986)
Connecticut Commission on the Arts grant (1981)
Academy of American Poets (1991)
Guggenheim Fellowship (Poetry ∙ 1988)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1991) (show all 20)
Oscar Blumenthal Prize ( [1988])
Levinson prize ( [1990])
Melville Cane award ( [1991])
Witter Bynner Prize (Poetry ∙ 1985)
Ingram Merrill Fellowship (1979)
Literary Lion award ( [1992])
Bess Hokin Prize ( [1994])
Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Poetry Prize ( [1999])
B. F. Connors Prize for Poetry ( [1999])
Governor's Arts Award, Connecticut (2000)
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (Poetry ∙ 1987)
Academy of American Poets
Phi Beta Kappa
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Statistics
- Works
- 39
- Also by
- 27
- Members
- 2,303
- Popularity
- #11,155
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 13
- ISBNs
- 60
- Languages
- 2
- Favorited
- 1
- Touchstones
- 27