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Theodore Roethke

1908 - 1963

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Theodore Huebner Roethke ( RET-kee; May 25, 1908 – August 1, 1963) was an American poet. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation, having won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1954 for his book The Waking, and the annual National Book Award for Poetry on two occasions: in 1959 for Words for the Wind, and posthumously in 1965 for The Far Field. His work was characterized by a willingness to engage deeply with a multifaceted introspection, and his style was overtly rhythmic, with a skilful use of natural imagery. Indeed, Roethke's mastery of both free verse and fixed forms was complemented by an intense lyrical quality that drew "from the natural world in all its mystery and fierce beauty." Roethke was praised by former U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodore Roethke has received more than 442,960 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Theodore Roethke is the 6,169th most popular writer (down from 5,650th in 2019), the 10,539th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,141st in 2019) and the 783rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 27

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Notable Works

Poems
Poetry
1966
The United States in Literature
memory plays, autobiographical drama, Family
Contains: ... - [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W/Young_Goodman_Brown) by Nathaniel Hawthorne ... - [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14863232W/Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge) by Ambrose Bierce ... - [A Pair of Silk Stockings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078930W/A_Pair_of_Silk_Stockings) by Kate Chopin ... - [The Glass Menagerie](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL30293W) by Tennesse Williams
1985
Words for the wind
Poetry
1953
Straw for the fire
Notebooks, sketchbooks
1972
The far field
Poetry
1964
The waking
1953

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Theodore Roethke ranks 6,169 out of 7,302. Before him are Varsha Adalja, Jun Maeda, Frank Harris, Barbara Frischmuth, Mehmed Uzun, and Joyce Cary. After him are Éric Vuillard, Robert Creeley, Philip Massinger, Paul Scott, Anthony Doerr, and Jānis Akuraters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Theodore Roethke ranks 389. Before him are Miguel Itzigsohn, Francisco Aguirre, William Thompson, Bohuslav Karlík, Branislav Hrnjiček, and Marceline Day. After him are Pierre Korb, Luis Pérez, Carl Laemmle Jr., James Workman, Paul Stewart, and Pablo Pacheco. Among people deceased in 1963, Theodore Roethke ranks 210. Before him are Edward Charles Titchmarsh, Hubert Gough, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Sigvard Sivertsen, Bohumil Modrý, and Tashi Namgyal. After him are Donald Piper, Luis Pérez, Thomas Griffith Taylor, Calvin Bricker, Björn Þórðarson, and Wanda Hawley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Theodore Roethke ranks 10,539 out of 20,380. Before him are Gretchen Mol (1972), Nia Peeples (1961), Nelly (1974), Capri Anderson (1988), Tawny Kitaen (1961), and Melissa Benoist (1988). After him are Tom Shadyac (1958), Alfred Mosher Butts (1899), Kelli McCarty (1969), Rachel Fuller Brown (1898), Macdonald Carey (1913), and Roger Miller (1936).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Theodore Roethke ranks 783. Before him are John Logan (1961), Walker Percy (1916), Ernest Lehman (1915), Jerry Pournelle (1933), Charles Olson (1910), and Henry Jenkins (1958). After him are Robert Creeley (1926), Anthony Doerr (1973), George Saunders (1958), David McCullough (1933), Maxine Kumin (1925), and Gillian Flynn (1971).

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