NEMEROV, HOWARD


Meaning of NEMEROV, HOWARD in English

born March 1, 1920, New York, N.Y., U.S.

died July 5, 1991, University City, near St. Louis, Mo.

U.S. poet.

He attended Harvard University and served as a pilot in World War II before teaching at various colleges, including Bennington. His verse, marked by irony and self-deprecatory wit, is often about nature; it appears in several volumes beginning with The Image and the Law (1947) and including Collected Poems (1977, Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award). His fiction includes The Homecoming Game (1957) and A Commodity of Dreams and Other Stories (1960). He was poet laureate of the U.S. (1988–90). His sister Diane Arbus was a notable photographer.

Britannica English dictionary.      Английский словарь Британика.