Randall jarrell biography
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Randall Jarrell
Randall Jarrell was born on May 6, in Nashville. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Vanderbilt University. From to he taught at Kenyon College, where he met John Crowe Ransom and Robert Lowell, and then at the University of Texas.
Jarrell’s first book of poems, Blood for a Stranger (Harcourt, ), was published in , the same year he enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He soon left the Air Corps for the U.S. Army and worked as a control tower operator, an experience which provided much ämne for his poetry.
Jarrell’s reputation as a poet was established in , while he was still serving in the army, with the publication of his second book, Little Friend, Little Friend (Dial Press, ), which bitterly and dramatically documents the intense fears and moral struggles of young soldiers. Other volumes followed, all characterized by great technical skill, empathy with the lives of others, and an almost painful sensitivity.
Following the war, Jarrell accepted
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Poet, critic and teacher, Randall Jarrell () was born in Nashville, Tennessee, to Anna (Campbell) and Owen Jarrell on May 6. He attended Vanderbilt University as a day student with a small National Youth Administration allowance. While there he edited the Masquerader, won a letter as captain of the tennis team, made Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated magna cum laude. At Vanderbilt, Jarrell studied under Robert Penn Warren, who first published his criticism; Allen Tate, who first published his poetry; and John Crowe Ransom, who gave him his first teaching job—Freshman Composition and Tennis Coach at Kenyon, during the year that he finished his master&#;s degree from Vanderbilt. Before leaving Kenyon, Jarrell became friends with the future fiction writer Peter Taylor and the future poet Robert Lowell who became his closest confidants and allies for the rest of his life.
Moving on to the University of Texas, Jarrell met and married Mackie Langham, a colleague. During World War II, he e
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Randall Jarrell
American writer (–)
Randall Jarrell | |
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Jarrell, circa | |
| Born | ()May 6, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | October 14, () (aged&#;51) Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. |
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| Education | Vanderbilt University (BA, MA) |
| Notable works | The Woman at the Washington Zoo, The Lost World, Pictures from an Institution |
| Notable awards | National Book Award |
Randall Jarrelljə-REL (May 6, &#;– October 14, ) was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist. He was the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress—a position that now bears the title Poet Laureate of the United States.
Among other honors, Jarrell was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for the years –48; a grant from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, in ; and the National Book Award for Poetry, in
Biography
[edit]Youth and education
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