Randall Jarrell

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Poet
Author
literary work
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Vanderbilt_University
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:Academy_of_American_Poets
gptkb:The_New_Yorker
gptkb:Poetry_Foundation
gptkb:The_New_Republic
The Kenyon Review
gptkbp:awards National Book Award
gptkbp:birthDate May 6, 1914
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Nashville,_Tennessee
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Greenwood_Cemetery
gptkbp:deathDate October 15, 1965
gptkbp:famousQuote “A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.”
“The poet is the one who is able to see the world as it is.”
“The best poetry is the poetry that is not written.”
“Poetry is a matter of life, not of death.”
gptkbp:genre Fiction
Literary criticism
Poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Randall Jarrell
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:John_Ashbery
gptkb:James_Dickey
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:W._H._Auden
gptkb:Robert_Frost
gptkb:William_Carlos_Williams
gptkbp:knownFor Innovative use of language
Critique of modern society
Exploration of childhood and innocence
Influential literary criticism
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Woman_at_the_Washington_Zoo
Loss and Gain
The Animal Family
Pictures_from_an_Institution
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Poet
Professor
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_von_Schrader
gptkbp:website Randall_Jarrell_Archive