John Ashbery | |
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![]() Accepting the 2010 Best of Brooklyn Award | |
Born | John Lawrence Ashbery July 28, 1927 Rochester, New York, U.S. |
Died | September 3, 2017 Hudson, New York, U.S. | (aged 90)
Occupation | Poet, professor |
Nationality | American |
Period | 1949–2017 |
Literary movement | Surrealism, The New York School, Postmodernism |
Notable works | Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror |
Notable awards | MacArthur Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, Guggenheim Fellowship |
Spouse | David Kermani |
John Lawrence Ashbery[1] (July 28, 1927 – September 3, 2017) was an American poet.[2] He wrote more than twenty volumes of poetry and won nearly every major American award for poetry, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his collection Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror.
Ashbery died on September 3, 2017 at his home in Hudson, New York of natural causes at the age of 90.[3] He was survived by his husband David Kermani.[4]
It is John Ashbery, the prolific 80-year-old poet and frequent award winner known for his dense, postmodern style and playful language. One of the most celebrated living poets, Mr. Ashbery has won MacArthur Foundation and Guggenheim fellowships and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his collection "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror."
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