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Susan Howe
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| Born | June 10, 1937 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet, scholar |
| Alma mater | Boston Museum School of Fine Arts (1961) |
| Genre | Poetry, essay |
| Literary movement | Postmodern |
| Notable awards | Bollingen Prize in American Poetry (2011); Guggenheim Fellowship; Roy Harvey Pearce Prize for Lifetime Achievement; Robert Frost Medal, Poetry Society of America (2017) |
| Spouse | Harvey Quaytman, David von Schlegell, Peter Hewitt Hare |
Susan Howe (born June 10, 1937) is an American poet and scholar. She is also known as an essayist and critic. Her writing style is often called Postmodern. This means it mixes different types of writing, like fiction, essay, prose, and poetry.
Many of Howe's books are full of interesting facts from history and myths. She often presents these ideas in a unique way. Her poems have a musical sound, but they don't always follow strict rhythm patterns or rhyme schemes.
Susan Howe has received many important awards. These include the 2017 Robert Frost Medal from the Poetry Society of America. She also won the 2011 Bollingen Prize in American Poetry. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Her Early Life and Family
Susan Howe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 10, 1937. She grew up nearby in Cambridge. Her mother, Mary Manning, was a playwright from Ireland. Her father, Mark De Wolfe Howe, was a professor at Harvard Law School. He wrote about a famous judge named Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Susan has two younger sisters. One of them, Fanny Howe, is also a poet. Susan Howe went to the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts. She graduated from there in 1961.
Susan Howe has been married. She has two grown children. Her daughter, R.H. Quaytman, is a painter. Her son, Mark von Schlegell, is a writer. Today, Susan Howe lives in Guilford, Connecticut.
Her Career and Activities
After high school, Susan Howe spent a year in Dublin. She worked at the Gate Theatre. After art school, she moved to New York in 1961. There, she focused on painting.
In 1975, she started making poetry radio shows for WBAI/Pacifica Radio. Later, in 1988, she began teaching English at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. She became a full professor in 1991. She retired from teaching in 2006.
Susan Howe has also been a visiting teacher at other universities. These include Princeton University, University of Chicago, University of Utah, and Wesleyan University.
Awards and Honors
Susan Howe has won many awards for her writing. She received the American Book Awards in 1981 and 1986. These awards are given by the Before Columbus Foundation.
In 1999, she became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2000, she was named a Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets. She also received a Berlin Prize fellowship in 2009. In 2011, she won the Yale Bollingen Prize in American Poetry.
Exhibitions
- Tom Tit Tot, Yale Union, 2013.
