Helen Chasin
American poet (1938–2015)
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Helen S. Chasin (July 23, 1938 – June 10, 2015) was an American poet.[1]
BornJuly 23, 1938
New York City, U.S.
DiedJune 10, 2015 (aged 76)
New York City, U.S.
AlmamaterMidwood High School
Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College
OccupationPoet
Helen Chasin | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 23, 1938 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | June 10, 2015 (aged 76) New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Midwood High School Radcliffe College |
| Occupation | Poet |
Life
Chasin grew up in Brooklyn, New York.
She attended Radcliffe College and studied with Robert Fitzgerald, Robert Lowell,[2] and John Nims.[3] She taught at Emerson College, where Thomas Lux was her student.[4]
In 1973, she edited Iowa Review.[5]
Her work appeared in The Missouri Review.[6] New York Quarterly,[7] Paris Review,[8]
She lived in Rockport, Massachusetts.[9] She died June 10, 2015, in New York City.
Awards
- 1968 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition
- 1968 Bread Loaf Fellow [10]
- 1968 to 1970 Bunting Institute fellow
Works
- "Joy Sonnet in a Random Universe", Blue Ridge Journal
- Casting Stones. Little, Brown. 1975. ISBN 978-0-316-13822-2.
- Coming Close (Yale University Press, 1968) reprint. AMS Press. 1976. ISBN 978-0-404-53863-7.
- "The Word Plum"
Anthologies
- Bradley, George, ed. (March 30, 1998). The Yale Younger Poets Anthology. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-07472-7.
- Booth, Alison; Hunter, J. Paul; Mays, Kelly J., eds. (October 5, 2006). The Norton Introduction to Poetry. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-92857-0.
- Mieder, Wolfgang, ed. (February 1, 1988). Disenchantments: An Anthology of Modern Fairy Tale Poetry. Vermont. ISBN 978-0-87451-440-7.
