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| Currently, he lives in ], New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/nicholas_samaras|title=Nicholas Samaras|website=Poets & Writers|language=en|access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref> | Currently, he lives in ], New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/nicholas_samaras|title=Nicholas Samaras|website=Poets & Writers|date=28 May 1981 |language=en|access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref> | ||
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American poet
| Nick Samaras | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952 (age 72–73) Foxton, Cambridgeshire |
| Alma mater | Columbia University University of Denver |
| Genre | Poetry |
Nick Samaras (Template:Lang-el; born 1952) is a poet and essayist. His first book of poetry, Hands of the Saddlemaker received the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award.
Biography
Samaras is the son of Bishop Kallistos Samaras, a prominent Greek Orthodox Clergyman and theologian. He was born in Foxton, Cambridgeshire, England, living there and on the island of Patmos, Greece. At the time of the political Greek junta military dictatorship, he was brought in exile to be raised further in America, via previous living in Turkey, Wales, Brussels, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany, Yugoslavia, and Jerusalem. He later settled in Woburn, Massachusetts, his father's home town.
He earned his MFA from Columbia University, and his doctorate from the University of Denver. His individual poems have been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Paris Review, Poetry, The New Republic, Kenyon Review, and many other publications. Currently, he lives in West Nyack, New York.
Works
- Hands of the Saddlemaker New Haven : Yale University Press, 1992. ISBN 9780300054576, OCLC 24376065
- American Psalm, World Psalm Ashland Poetry Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-912592-76-3
References
- YOUNG, GLYNN (13 April 2011). "National Poetry Month: Nicholas Samaras |". www.tweetspeakpoetry.com.
- Foundation, Poetry (25 September 2019). "Nicholas Samaras". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- "Nicholas Samaras". www.theadirondackreview.com. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- "Nicholas Samaras". Poets & Writers. 28 May 1981. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- Marchant, Fred (1992). "Review of Hands of the Saddlemaker". Harvard Review (1): 195. ISSN 1077-2901. JSTOR 27559464.
External links
- Image Artist of the Month – Nick Samaras
- A Conversation with poet, Nicholas Samaras, author of “American Psalm, World Psalm”, 24 July 2014
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