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Donald Hall was considered one of the major American poets of his generation. His poetry explores the longing for a more bucolic past and reflects the poets abiding reverence for nature. Although Hall gained early success with his first collection, Exiles and Marriages (1955), his later poetry is generally regarded as the best of his career. Often ...
Born in 1928, Hall grew up in Hamden, Connecticut. The Hall household was marked by a volatile father and a mother who was steadier, maybe with more access to depths because there was less continual surface, as Hall explained in an essay for Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series (CAAS). To her I owe my fires, to my father my tears. I owe them b...
Hall attended Philips Exeter Academy and had his first poem published at age 16. He was a participant at the prestigious Bread Loaf Writers Conference, where he met Robert Frost, that same year. From Exeter, Hall went to Harvard University, attending class alongside Adrienne Rich, Robert Bly, Frank OHara, and John Ashbery; he also studied for a yea...
In 1989, Hall was diagnosed with colon cancer. Though his chances for survival were slim, he eventually went into remission. In 1994, his wife Jane Kenyon was diagnosed with leukemia and died 15 months later. Kenyons death had a profound effect on him and he documented his loss in both his poetry and prose. The poems in Without: Poems (1998) were w...
In addition to his accomplishments as a poet, Hall was a respected as an academic who, through writing, teaching, and lecturing, has made significant contributions to the study and craft of writing. As Liam Rector has explained, Hall has lived deeply within the New England ethos of plain living and high thinking, and he has done so with a sense of ...
Hall continued to live and work on his New Hampshire farm, a site that serves as both his home and an inspiration for much of his work, until his death in June 2018. In addition to the poet laureate position, Hall was awarded many honors, including two Guggenheim fellowships, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for poetry, and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Pr...
Donald Andrew Hall Jr. (September 20, 1928 – June 23, 2018) was an American poet, writer, editor, and literary critic. He was the author of over 50 books across several genres from children's literature, biography, memoir, essays, and including 22 volumes of verse.
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Remembering Donald Hall. His commitment to poetry over many decades—as a poet, critic, teacher, and mentor—was without peer. By The Editors. Poet Donald Hall poses for a portrait at his home in Wilmot, N.H. Photo by Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe via Getty Images. Donald Hall’s poetry explores the longing for a more bucolic past ...
Donald Hall, Dead at 89, Was a Poet of Love and Loss - The Atlantic. Culture. Remembering Donald Hall, a Poet of Love and Loss. The writer, who died at 89, invested common words with the...
Jun 24, 2018 · June 24, 2018. Donald Hall, a former poet laureate of the United States who found a universe of meaning in the apples, ox carts and ordinary folk of his beloved rural New England, died on...
Donald Hall. Donald Hall, one of the last major American poets of his generation, died Saturday night at Eagle Pond Farm in Wilmot, N.H., where he hayed with his grandfather during boyhood summers and later cultivated a writer’s life. Hall was 89 years old and had been in declining health.
