David Antin

Diana von Finck

Ed. by Nick Selby, University of East Anglia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

Born 1 Feb 1932
Died 11 Oct 2016
Activity 1955-2016

Places

Born in United States
Active in United States

Activities

Primary

Art Theorist/ Historian/ Critic
Editor
Literary Critic/ Historian
Poet
Translator

Resources

Antin's Works

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David Antin’s poems defy easy classification. His texts, philosophical inquiries and meditations on various subjects such as science, art, poetics, language, medicine, politics, society, or cultural issues, blended with stories and situations taken from everyday life, but also with autobiographical details, usually emerge from improvisatory talks which Antin creates in front of a live audience. His famous statement

if robert lowell is apoet i dont want to be a poet if robert frost was apoet i dont want to be a poet if socrates was a poetill consider it (talking at the boundaries, 1)

if robert lowell is apoet i dont want to be a poet if robert frost was…

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Citation: von Finck, Diana. "David Antin". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 13 May 2009 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12315, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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