Properties (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
poet
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| gptkbp:almaMater |
gptkb:Harvard_University
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| gptkbp:associatedAct |
gptkb:The_Academy_of_American_Poets
gptkb:Poetry_Foundation |
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_for_Poetry
National Book Award |
| gptkbp:born |
July 29, 1905
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| gptkbp:children |
1
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| gptkbp:contribution |
Mentored young poets
Advocated for the arts Promoted poetry in education |
| gptkbp:died |
May 14, 2006
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| gptkbp:famousQuote |
"Poetry is the language of the heart."
"I am a poet, and I am a poet because I am a poet." "The only thing that matters is the poem." "Words are the only things that last." "The poem is the thing that happens to you when you are not looking." |
| gptkbp:genre |
Modernist poetry
Confessional poetry |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Stanley Kunitz
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:John_Ashbery
gptkb:Robert_Bly Louise Glück |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Marianne_Moore
gptkb:Walt_Whitman gptkb:William_Carlos_Williams |
| gptkbp:inspiration |
Stanley_Kunitz_Memorial_Prize
Stanley_Kunitz_Prize_for_Poetry |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
Innovative use of language
Emphasis on personal experience Exploration of themes of nature and mortality |
| gptkbp:members |
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences |
| gptkbp:nationality |
American
|
| gptkbp:notableWork |
The Testing-Tree
The_Collected_Poems_of_Stanley_Kunitz |
| gptkbp:occupation |
poet
editor teacher |
| gptkbp:placeOfBirth |
gptkb:Worcester,_Massachusetts
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| gptkbp:placeOfDeath |
gptkb:New_York_City
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| gptkbp:spouse |
Evelyn_Kunitz
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| gptkbp:website |
stanleykunitz.com
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