A Palpable Elysium

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Author:

Williams, Jonathan

Introduction by:

Davenport, Guy

ISBN:

978-1-56792-149-6

Publication Date:

Jun 2003

Publisher:

David R. Godine Publisher

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

USD $30.00

Book Description:

With photos and text, Jonathan Williams (poet, publisher, and raconteur) pays tribute to heroes of the spirit from Paul Strand and Buckminster Fuller to Wendell Berry and James Laughlin.

Book Details

Pages:	174
Detailed Subjects:	Education / Schools / Levels / Higher Art / History / General Art / American / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	8 x 9.96 x 0.72 Inches
Book Weight:	1.696 Pounds

Author Biography

Williams, Jonathan (Author)

Author, artist, literary critic and translator Guy Davenport was born on November 23, 1927 in Anderson, South Carolina. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University in 1948 and was selected as a Rhodes Scholar. He earned a Bachelor of Literature from Merton College, Oxford University in 1950 and a Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University in 1961. He taught English at several universities from 1951 until his retirement in 1990. He received numerous awards including the O. Henry Award for short stories, the 1981 Morton Douwen Zabel award for fiction from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and translation awards from PEN and the Academy of American Poets. He died on January 4, 2005 in Lexington, Kentucky.

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