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Donald Hall

Donald Andrew Hall Jr. (September 20, 1928 – June 23, 2018) was an American poet, writer, editor and literary critic. He was the author of over 50 books across several genres from children's literature, biography, memoir, essays, and including 22 volumes of verse. Hall was a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard, and Oxford. Early in his career, he became the first poetry editor of The Paris Review (1953–1961), the quarterly literary journal, and was noted for interviewing poets and other authors on their craft.

On June 14, 2006, Hall was appointed as the Library of Congress's 14th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry (commonly known as "Poet Laureate of the United States"). He is regarded as a "plainspoken, rural poet," and it has been said that, in his work, he "explores the longing for a more bucolic past and reflects [an] abiding reverence for nature."

Hall was respected for his work as an academic, having taught at Stanford University, Bennington College and the University of Michigan, and having made significant contributions to the study and craft of writing.

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Born 20 September 1928
Died 23 June 2018

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  • Cover of: Remembering poets: reminiscences and opinions : Dylan Thomas, Robert Frost, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound

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    First published in 1968 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1952 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1970 — 2 editions
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Born 20 September 1928
Died 23 June 2018

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Poetry, American poetry, American Poets, Fiction, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Biography, Collections, English poetry, Poets, American, American poetry (collections), Children's fiction, Hall, donald, 1928-2018, History, History and criticism, Poets, biography, American literature, American poetry (collections), 20th century, Anthologies (multiple authors), Audio Adult: Other, Authorship, Interviews, New hampshire, fiction, Poetry, collections, 20th Century American Poetry, 20th Century English Poetry

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United States, New Hampshire, Blackwater (N.H.), Franconia, New England

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Donald Hall (1928-), Donald Hall (1928-2018), Donald, 1928- Hall, Dylan Thomas (1914-1953), Ezra Pound (1885-1972), Henry Moore (1898-), Jane Kenyon, Marianne Moore (1887-1972), Robert Frost (1874-1963), T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)

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20th century, 1865-1918, 20ème siècle

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Alternative names

  • Author Donald Hall
  • Donald Andrew Hall Jr.

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