Howard nemerov biography
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Howard Nemerov
Born on February 29, in New York, New York, Howard Nemerov displayed an early interest in the arts, as did his younger sister, the photographer Diane Arbus.
Howard nemerov biography
He graduated from the Society for Ethical Culture's Fieldston School in and went on to study at Harvard, where he earned his bachelor's degree in
Throughout World War II, he served as a pilot in the Royal Canadian unit of the U.
S. Army Air Force. He married in , and after the war, having earned the rank of first lieutenant, returned to New York with his wife to complete his first book.
Nemerov was first hired to teach literature to World War II veterans at Hamilton College in New York.
His teaching career flourished, and he went on to teach at Bennington College, Brandeis University, and Washington University in St. Louis, where he was Distinguished Poet in Residence from until his death.
His numerous collections of poetry include Trying Conclusions: New and Selected Poems, (University of Chicago Press