S9.com / Biographies /
1928 - Born on September 20th in New Haven, Connecticut. An American poet, essayist, and critic whose poetic style moved from studied formalism to greater emphasis on personal expression.
1951-1953 - Hall received bachelor's degrees in literature from both Harvard and Oxford universities.
- Received the Newdigate Prize for his poem “Exile”.
1954 - He was a junior fellow at Harvard University.
1955 - His volume of poetry, Exiles and Marriages, exhibits the influence of his academic training.
1957 - He taught at the University of Michigan.
1958-1975 - In The Dark Houses, Hall showed a richer emotional range, presaging the intuitive, often idiosyncratic later work collected in A Roof of Tiger Lilies, The Alligator Bride, The Yellow Room, and The Town of Hill.
1978-1994 - Subsequent volumes include Kicking the Leaves, The One Day: A Poem in Three Parts, Old and New Poems, and Blue.
- The author's critical views and theories of literature are presented in Marianne Moore: The Cage and the Animal, Writing Well, Goatfoot Milktongue Twinbird, To Read Literature, Fiction, Poetry, Drama, The Weather for Poetry, and Death to the Death of Poetry: Essays, Reviews, Notes, Interviews, among other works.
- He also published String Too Short to Be Saved; several books on baseball, notably Fathers Playing Catch with Sons; and a biography of the sculptor Henry Moore. He edited The Oxford Book of American Literary Anecdotes, The Oxford Book of Children's Verse in America, and other anthologies.
1996 - He wrote his poetry collection "The Old Life".
1951-1953 - Hall received bachelor's degrees in literature from both Harvard and Oxford universities.
- Received the Newdigate Prize for his poem “Exile”.
1954 - He was a junior fellow at Harvard University.
1955 - His volume of poetry, Exiles and Marriages, exhibits the influence of his academic training.
1957 - He taught at the University of Michigan.
1958-1975 - In The Dark Houses, Hall showed a richer emotional range, presaging the intuitive, often idiosyncratic later work collected in A Roof of Tiger Lilies, The Alligator Bride, The Yellow Room, and The Town of Hill.
1978-1994 - Subsequent volumes include Kicking the Leaves, The One Day: A Poem in Three Parts, Old and New Poems, and Blue.
- The author's critical views and theories of literature are presented in Marianne Moore: The Cage and the Animal, Writing Well, Goatfoot Milktongue Twinbird, To Read Literature, Fiction, Poetry, Drama, The Weather for Poetry, and Death to the Death of Poetry: Essays, Reviews, Notes, Interviews, among other works.
- He also published String Too Short to Be Saved; several books on baseball, notably Fathers Playing Catch with Sons; and a biography of the sculptor Henry Moore. He edited The Oxford Book of American Literary Anecdotes, The Oxford Book of Children's Verse in America, and other anthologies.
1996 - He wrote his poetry collection "The Old Life".
  | Page last updated: 2:32pm, 07th Apr '07 |
Related Books
  |
White Apples and the Taste of Stone: Selected Poems 1946-2006 by Donald Hall (Paperback - Dec 3, 2007) Throughout his writing life Donald Hall has garnered numerous accolades and honors, culminating in 2006 with his appointment as poet laureate of the United States. White Apples and the Taste of Stone...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
 |
  |
Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall (Paperback - Oct 27, 1983)  Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon by Donald Hall (Paperback - Nov 8, 2006) A candid memoir of love, art, and grief from a celebrated man of letters, United States poet laureate Donald HallIn an intimate record of his twenty-three-year marriage to poet Jane Kenyon, Donald... Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
The Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems (Paperback - Mar 22, 2001) American children's poetry began with Native American cradle songs, moved on to a rhymed alphabet, blossomed in the 19th century with "A Visit from St. Nicholas," expanded widely in the 20th century,...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
I Am the Dog I Am the Cat by Donald Hall (Hardcover - Sep 1, 1994) Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
Without: Poems by Donald Hall (Paperback - Apr 14, 1999) Eagle Pond Farm, familiar even to casual readers of poet Donald Hall (author of 13 volumes of poetry spanning over 40 years), constitutes his spiritual and geographic center. He moved there... Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
