James Tate (writer)

Life

Tate grew up as an orphan because his father was completed as a pilot before he was born during the Second World War 1943 during an air battle over Germany. After school he studied at Kansas State College in Pittsburg and graduated in 1965 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA ) from. A subsequent post-graduate studies at the University of Iowa, he finished in 1967 with a Master of Fine Arts ( MFA).

In 1967 he made ​​his debut as a poet with the poetry collection The Lost Pilot, where he worked for the loss of his father. After receiving a Guggenheim grant, the two anthologies The Oblivion Ha -Ha (1970) and Hints to Pilgrims (1971 ) published.

Tate, who holds a professorship at the University of Massachusetts since 1971, worked as a guest professor at the University of California at Berkeley, Columbia University, and at Emerson College.

In the following period the volumes of poetry Absences (1972 ), Viper Jazz ( 1976), Riven Dane Ries ( 1979), Constant Defender (1983) Reckoner (1986 ), Distance From Loved Ones (1990) and Selected Poems (1991 ) appeared for the him the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. For the next volume of poetry Worshipful Company of Fletchers (1993 ) he received the 1994 National Book Award in the category Poetry ( Poetry ).

Tate, who is also a member of the Poetry Society of America, published last 1997 volume of poetry Shroud of the Gnome.