Kenneth Koch AKA Jay Kenneth Koch Born: 27-Feb-1925 Birthplace: Cincinnati, OH Died: 6-Jul-2002 Location of death: New York City Cause of death: Cancer - Leukemia
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Poet Nationality: United States Executive summary: On the Great Atlantic Rainway Military service: US Army (infantry, WWII, Philippines) Wife: Janice (d. 1981) Daughter: Katherine (b. 1956) Wife: Karen (m. 1994)
University: BA, Harvard University (1948) University: MA, Columbia University (1953) University: PhD, Columbia University (1959) Professor: Columbia University (1959-)
Bollingen Prize in Poetry 1995 Fulbright American Academy of Arts and Letters 1996
Author of books:
Poems (1953, poetry) Ko; or, A Season on Earth (1959, poetry) Sleeping with Women (1969, poetry) Wishes, Lies, and Dreams: Teaching Children to Write Poetry (1970) A Change of Hearts: Plays, Films, and Other Dramatic Works 1951–1971 (1973, drama) Rose, Where Did You Get That Red? Teaching Great Poetry to Children (1973) The Art of Love: Poems (1975, poetry) The Red Robins (1975, novel) The Duplications (1977, poetry) I Never Told Anybody: Teaching Poetry Writing in a Nursing Home (1977) The Burning Mystery of Anna in 1951 (1979, poetry) Seasons on Earth (1987, poetry) One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays (1988, drama) Hotel Lambosa (1988, short stories) Selected Poems 1950–82 (1991, poetry) Hotel Lambosa (1993, short stories) On the Great Atlantic Rainway: Selected Poems 1950–1988 (1994, poetry) One Train (1994, poetry) The Gold Standard (1996, drama) Making Your Own Days: The Pleasures of Reading and Writing Poetry (1998) New Addresses (2000, poetry)
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