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Robert Horan

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Robert Horan
Born(1922-08-09)August 9, 1922
DiedSeptember 19, 1981(1981-09-19) (aged 59)
OccupationPoet
NationalityAmerican

Robert Horan (August 9, 1922 – September 19, 1981)[1][2] was an American poet.

Life

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He lived with Pauline Kael in Berkeley, California.[3][4] He was part of the "Activist" group.[5][6] He was friends with Gian Carlo Menotti, and Samuel Barber, staying with them at "The Capricorn", at Mount Kisco, New York.[7][8][9][10]

His work appeared in Harper's,[11] Poetry,[12] and Kenyon Review.

Awards

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Works

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  • A Beginning (New Haven, Conn., 1948 )

Criticism

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References

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  1. ^ Heyman, Barbara B. (2012). Samuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete Works. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199744640.
  2. ^ Horan, Robert William. "California, Death Index, 1940-1997". familysearch.org. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  3. ^ Polly Frost and Ray Sawhill, "Pauline Kael" [1] Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Odd Couple". The Atlantic. July 2004.
  5. ^ Edward Brunner (2004). Cold War Poetry. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-07217-8.
  6. ^ "Literary Imagination | Oxford Academic". [dead link]
  7. ^ Barbara B. Heyman (1992). Samuel Barber: the composer and his music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-509058-1.
  8. ^ John Sutherland (2005). Stephen Spender: a literary life. Oxford University Press. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-19-517816-6. Robert Horan poet.
  9. ^ Gerald Clarke, ed. (2004). Too brief a treat: the letters of Truman Capote. Random House, Inc. ISBN 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". Archived from the original on 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
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