1908-1963 US, Saginaw, Michigan
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A.k.a. Theodore Huebner Roethke
Theodore Huebner Roethke (/ˈrɛtki/ RET-kee; May 25, 1908 – August 1, 1963) was an American poet. He published several volumes of award-winning and critically acclaimed poetry. Roethke is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation.Roethke's work is characterized by its introspection, rhythm and natural imagery. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1954 for his book The Waking, and he won the annual National Book Award for Poetry twice, in 1959 for Words for the Wind and posthumously in 1965 for The Far Field.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Reads His Poetry | Theodore Roethke | 1972 | Album |
Twentieth Century Poets In English: Nine Pulitzer Prize Poets Reading Their Own Poems | Archibald MacLeish, Peter Viereck, Theodore Roethke, Richard Wilbur, Robert Penn Warren, Stanley Kunitz, W. D. Snodgrass, Phyllis McGinley, Alan Dugan | 1963 | Compil. |
Words For The Wind | Theodore Roethke | 1962 | Album |
Twentieth Century Poetry In English | Theodore Roethke, Witter Bynner / Robert D. Fitzgerald, Marya Zaturenska | 1954 | Album |