John Ashbery
John Ashbery (1927–2017) was an American poet, writer and university teacher.
Also recorded as John Lawrence Ashbery; Jon Asshuberī; Jonas Barry; G'on Ashberi; John Ashberry.
Overview
Born at Rochester in 1927, died at Hudson in 2017.
In detail
John Ashbery studied at Harvard University, Columbia University and New York University. the recorded working language is English and French.
The field of work recorded is poetry and translation from French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are poetry. The authority associates the name with New York School, surrealism and Postmodernism.
Employment is recorded with Bard College, Brooklyn College and New York Herald Tribune. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
Works named in the authority record are Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror, The Tennis Court Oath, Flow Chart, Hotel Lautréamont, Girls on the Run and Chinese Whispers.
Work by John Ashbery is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Distinctions recorded are National Humanities Medal, New York Writers Hall of Fame, honorary doctor of Yale University and America Award in Literature.
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“John Ashbery”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q29418: John Ashbery
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Poet John Ashbery at the 2010 Brooklyn Book Festival's gala for the presentation of Best of Brooklyn, Inc's BoBI Award.
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