Jack Gilbert

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Jack Gilbert was an American poet renowned for his emotionally direct, lyrical work that often explored love, loss, and solitude.

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instanceOf human
poet
awardReceived National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry
Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1925-02-18
dateOfDeath 2012-11-13
describedAs a poet of passion and clarity
reclusive
educatedAt San Francisco State University
University of Pittsburgh
familyName Gilbert
genre lyric poetry
givenName Jack
hasInfluenced contemporary American poets
influencedBy modernist poetry
languageOfWorkOrName English
livedIn Denmark
Greece
Japan
San Francisco, California, United States
movement contemporary American poetry
name Jack Gilbert
nominatedFor Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
notableFor emotionally direct poetry
explorations of love, loss, and solitude
notableWork Collected Poems
Monolithos
Refusing Heaven
The Dance Most of All
The Great Fires
Views of Jeopardy
occupation poet
placeOfBirth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Berkeley, California, United States
spouse Linda Gregg
theme aging
grief
loss
love
memory
solitude
writingStyle emotionally direct
lyrical
meditative

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Yale Younger Poets Series hasNotableWinner Jack Gilbert
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Jack Gilbert name Jack Gilbert