Robert Horan
Robert Horan (August 9, 1922 – September 19, 1981) was an American poet.
Robert Horan
- Name
- Robert Horan
- Born
- 9 August 1922
- Died
- 19 September 1981
- Occupation
- Poet
- Nationality
- United States
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Key facts
• Name — Robert Horan • Born — 9 August 1922 • Died — 19 September 1981 • Occupation — Poet
Life
Life
He lived with Pauline Kael in Berkeley, California. He was part of the "Activist" group. He was lovers with Gian Carlo Menotti, and he stayed with Menotti and Menotti's long-term lover, Samuel Barber, at "The Capricorn", at Mount Kisco, New York. His work appeared in Harper's, Poetry, and Kenyon Review.
Works
Works
• A Beginning (New Haven, Conn., 1948)
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Life and career
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1922
Robert Horan born.
1981
Robert Horan died.
Criticism
• "In Defense of Dylan Thomas", Kenyon Review, 1945
Awards
• 1948 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition
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- 1.Heyman, Barbara B. Samuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete Works. Oxford University Press. 2012. 978-0199744640.
- 2.Horan, Robert William. California, Death Index, 1940-1997. familysearch.org.
- 3.Polly Frost and Ray Sawhill, Interview of Pauline Kael Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- 4.Odd Couple. The Atlantic. July 2004.
- 5.Edward Brunner. Cold War Poetry. University of Illinois Press. 2004. 978-0-252-07217-8.
- 6.Literary Imagination | Oxford Academic dead link. May 2021.
- 7.Barbara B. Heyman. Samuel Barber: the composer and his music. Oxford University Press. 1992. 978-0-19-509058-1.
- 8.John Sutherland. Stephen Spender: a literary life. Oxford University Press. 320. 2005. 978-0-19-517816-6.
- 9.Gerald Clarke. Too brief a treat: the letters of Truman Capote. Random House, Inc. 2004. 978-0-375-50133-3.
- 10.Life, May 1, 1950 - v. 28, no. 18
- 11.Robert Horan | Harper's Magazine.
- 12.Historical Index: Poetry Magazine.
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