Jean Valentine (1934–2020)
Author of Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003
About the Author
Image credit: www.jeanvalentine.com
Works by Jean Valentine
Associated Works
No More Masks: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Women Poets (1993) — Contributor, some editions — 219 copies, 3 reviews
Firsts: 100 Years of Yale Younger Poets (Yale Series of Younger Poets) (2019) — Contributor — 11 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Valentine, Jean Purcell
- Birthdate
- 1934-04-27
- Date of death
- 2020-12-29
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
- Cause of death
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
Orinda, California, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ireland - Education
- Radcliffe College (BA - General Studies)
Milton Academy - Occupations
- poet
- Relationships
- Chase, James (husband)
- Awards and honors
- Shelley Memorial Award (1999/2000)
Wallace Stevens Award (2009)
Members
Reviews
Break the Glass has a lot of space. The gaps in the poems forced me to fill in a lot of space, which bore the mark of careful attention rather than an exercise in minimalism.
Powerful and musical lyric poems of lamentation and reverie that blend the pain and wonder of modern life with the resonance of classical mythos. A strong collection by an important voice in contemporary American poetry.
A quite epigrammatic collection of poems, quiet but with depth of thought and feeling.
Ahhhhhh. Everybody, all at once, with me: ahhhhhh. What a pleasure it is to read poems that don't want anything but to be honest. What a releif.
stuff about Valentine (two good interviews) can be found at http://www.jeanvalentine.com/
stuff about Valentine (two good interviews) can be found at http://www.jeanvalentine.com/
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- Works
- 18
- Also by
- 14
- Members
- 349
- Popularity
- #68,500
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 34