John Ashbery
Poet from the United States of America (1927–2017)
Also known as John Lawrence Ashbery · Jon Asshuberī · Jonas Barry · G'on Ashberi · John Ashberry
- Born
- July 28, 1927
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Sources- 1.Stated in poets.orgRetrieved 2016-10-02
- 2.nytimes.com/2017/09/03/arts/john-ashbery-dead-prize-winning-poet.html
- 3.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- July 28, 1927
- Died
- September 3, 2017
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Sources- 1.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/John-Ashbery-celebrated-and-challenging-poet-12170718.php
- 2.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
- 6.Stated in Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
- September 3, 2017
- Birthplace
- Rochester
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Sources- 1.Stated in poets.orgRetrieved 2016-10-02
- 2.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/John-Ashbery-celebrated-and-challenging-poet-12170718.php
- 3.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
- Rochester
- Place of death
- Hudson
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Sources- 1.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/John-Ashbery-celebrated-and-challenging-poet-12170718.php
- 2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
- Hudson
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- poet
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Sources- 1.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/john-ashberyRetrieved 2016-10-02
- , writer
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- , university teacher
- +3 more
- poet
- Education
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- Member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei(since 2006) affiliation: Q137386999 · subject has role: Q137396485
- Name in native language
- John Ashbery
- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-07-21
- male
- Copyright status as a creator
- works protected by copyrights applies to jurisdiction: countries with longer than 50 years pma
- Awards
- National Humanities Medal(2011)
- New York Writers Hall of Fame(2011)
- honorary doctor of Yale University(2008)
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- America Award in Literature(2008)
- Robert Frost Medal(1995)
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres(1993)
- Feltrinelli Prize(1992)
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize(1992)
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- Horst Bienek Award for Poetry(1991)
- MacArthur Fellows Program(1985)
- Bollingen Prize(1985)
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- Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize(1985) for work: A Wave
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences(1983)
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets(1982)
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry(1976) for work: Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry(1976) for work: Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror
- National Book Award(1976)
- Guggenheim Fellowship(1973) field of work: poetry
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- Shelley Memorial Award(1973)
- Guggenheim Fellowship(1967) field of work: poetry
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- Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition(1956)
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Sources- 1.nytimes.com/2017/09/03/arts/john-ashbery-dead-prize-winning-poet.htmlRetrieved 2022-05-03
- Fulbright Scholarship
- Wallace Stevens Award(2001)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry(1975) for work: Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror
- Field of work
- poetry
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
- translation from French
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
- poetry
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