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Hecht, Anthony (Evan)
Hecht, Anthony [Evan] (1923–2004), New York‐born poet, whose infrequent volumes are carefully crafted, formal in manner but moving in their treatment of personal and philosophic subject matter. A Summoning of Stones (1954) was in part reprinted with new poems in The Hard Hours (1967, Pulitzer Prize). Other collections include The Seven Deadly Sins (1958), A Bestiary (1960), Millions of Strange Shadows (1977), The Venetian Vespers (1979), and The Transparent Man (1989). Collected Earlier Poems was also published in 1989. His skill in metrics and his wit are seen in Jiggery‐Pokery: A Compendium of Double Dactyls (1967), written and edited with John Hollander. He also translated Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes (1973) with Helen Bacon. Obbligati (1986) collects ten of his essays on poets from Shakespeare to his own contemporaries. In 1981 he was awarded a Bollingen Prize.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Hecht, Anthony (Evan)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Hecht, Anthony (Evan)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-HechtAnthonyEvan.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Hecht, Anthony (Evan)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-HechtAnthonyEvan.html |
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John Evans
John Evans 1814–97, American founder of educational institutions, b. Waynesville, Ohio, grad. Lynn Medical College, Cincinnati, 1838. He practiced medicine in Indiana and was the first superintendent (1845) of the state hospital for the insane, which he had helped establish. In 1848 he went to Chicago as professor of obstetrics at Rush Medical School. He invested in real estate and helped found Northwestern Univ. in Evanston, Ill., a city named for him. Evans served (1862–65) as governor of Colorado Territory and later worked for the promotion of what is now the Univ. of Denver.
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"John Evans." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "John Evans." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Evans-Jo.html "John Evans." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Evans-Jo.html |
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Hecht, Anthony
Hecht, Anthony (1923–2004), American poet, born in New York, whose volumes include The Hard Hours (1967), The Venetian Vespers (1979), and The Transparent Man (1989). At ease with both light and sombre verse, and writing with a mastery of classical and traditional forms, his work dwells on art, landscape, love, and loss: many of his poems evoke an intense experience of Europe, often linked to a restrained and poignant confessional mode.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Hecht, Anthony." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Hecht, Anthony." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-HechtAnthony.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Hecht, Anthony." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-HechtAnthony.html |
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