Mezey, Robert

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Robert Mezey, writer, was born in 1935 in Philadelphia. Winner in 1960 of the Lamont Award for The Lovemaker, he has published many poetry collections, coedited Naked Poetry (1969), and was one of several translators for Poems from the Hebrew (1973). Evening Wind , a book of poems, appeared in 1987. His poems, prose, and translations have been appearing since 1953 in many journals, including The Hudson Review, The New Criterion, The Partisan Review, and the Yale Review among others. His books of poetry include The Lovemaker, White Blossoms, A Book of Dying, and The Mercy of Sorrow. In 1982, Syracuse University Press published his annotated translation of Caesar Vallejo's novel, Tungsteno. In 1987, Evening Wind won a P.E.N. prize and the Bassine Citation. His Collected Poems were published by University of Arkansas Press in 2000. He edited, with Donald Justice, the Collected Poems of Henri Coulette. He has also published in the last few years his editions of Thomas Hardy: Selected Poems (Penguin) and The Poetry of E. A. Robinson (Modern Library). His awards include the Robert Frost Prize, the Lamont Selection (for The Lovemaker), an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a fellowship from the Ingram Merrill Foundation, one from the Guggenheim Foundation, and from the National Endowment of Arts.

From the description of Robert Mezey Collection ca. 1952. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 319490609

Robert Mezey was born in 1935 in Philadelphia. He attended Kenyon College where he became acquainted with James Wright and Tony Stoneburner. He served in the U.S. Army before earning his B.A. from the University of Iowa in 1959. He worked as a probation officer, advertising copywriter, and social worker, did graduate study at Stanford, and began teaching English at Case Western Reserve University in 1963.

After a year as poet-in-residence at Franklin and Marshall College, he joined the English department of California State University, Fresno, spent three years at the University of Utah, and settled in 1976 at Pomona College in Claremont, California where he has been a professor and poet-in-residence.

Winner in 1960 of the Lamont Award for The Lovemaker, he has published many poetry collections, coedited Naked Poetry (1969), and was one of several translators for Poems from the Hebrew (1973). Evening Wind, a book of poems, appeared in 1987. His poems, prose, and translations have been appearing since 1953 in many journals, including The Hudson Review, The New Criterion, The Partisan Review, and the Yale Review among others.

His books of poetry include The Lovemaker, White Blossoms, A Book of Dying, and The Mercy of Sorrow . In 1982, Syracuse University Press published his annotated translation of Caesar Vallejo's novel, Tungsteno . In 1987, Evening Wind won a P.E.N. prize and the Bassine Citation. His Collected Poems were published by University of Arkansas Press in 2000. He edited, with Donald Justice, the Collected Poems of Henri Coulette . He has also published in the last few years his editions of Thomas Hardy: Selected Poems (Penguin) and The Poetry of E. A. Robinson (Modern Library).

His awards include the Robert Frost Prize, the Lamont Selection (for The Lovemaker ), an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a fellowship from the Ingram Merrill Foundation, one from the Guggenheim Foundation, and from the National Endowment of Arts.

Biographical information from The Alsop Review and The Bedford/St. Martin's Press websites.

From the guide to the Robert Mezey Collection, ca. 1952, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Literary Manuscripts Collection, Manuscripts Division [mss])

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Robert Mezey Collection, ca. 1952 University of Minnesota Libraries. Literary Manuscripts Collection, Manuscripts Division. [mss]
referencedIn Yaddo records, 1870-1980 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Mezey, Robert. Poetry reading at Sarah Lawrence College [sound recording] / by Robert Mezey. Sarah Lawrence College, Esther Raushenbush Library
creatorOf Wallach, Joelle. The door standing open : a cycle of four songs for voice and piano / Joelle Wallach. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Mezey, Robert. Robert Mezey Collection ca. 1952. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn John Hollander Papers, circa 1950-2007 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Bertolino, James, 1942-. Papers, 1968-1980. Ohio University, Alden Library
creatorOf Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986. Excerpts from the collected poems of Jorge Luis Borges / as translated by R. G. Barnes and Robert Mezey. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Willard, Nancy. Nancy Willard papers, 1941- . University of Michigan
creatorOf Coulette, Henri, 1927-1988. Papers of Henri Coulette, 1955-1998. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Henri Coulette Papers, 1955-1990 The Huntington Library
creatorOf Bialosky, Marshall. At last : for women's chorus / Marshall Bialosky. Northwestern University
referencedIn Gary Snyder Papers, 1910-2003;, (1945-2002 bulk) University of California, Davis. General Library. . Dept. of Special Collections
referencedIn Cummington Press. Cummington Press records and Harry Duncan papers, 1933-1998. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Griffith, E. V., 1927-. E.V. Griffith papers, ca. 1945-1995. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Mezey, Robert. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1981-1996. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Stephen Sandy letters from poets, 1954-1988. Houghton Library
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associatedWith Bertolino, James, 1942- person
associatedWith Bialosky, Marshall. person
associatedWith Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986. person
associatedWith Coulette, Henri, 1927-1988. person
associatedWith Cummington Press. corporateBody
associatedWith Demirović, Hamdija, 1954-. person
associatedWith Griffith, E. V., 1927- person
associatedWith Hollander, John. person
correspondedWith Sandy, Stephen, recipient. person
associatedWith Sarah Lawrence College. corporateBody
associatedWith Snyder, Gary person
associatedWith Stoneburner, Tony, 1926- person
associatedWith Wallach, Joelle. person
associatedWith Willard, Nancy. person
associatedWith Wright, James Arlington, 1927- person
associatedWith Yaddo (Artist's colony) corporateBody
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