Background
Roberts, Leonard Robert was born on March 13, 1947 in Cohoes, New York, United States. Son of Raymond Richard and Margery Elizabeth (Trudeau) Roberts.
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Counting the Black Angels: POEMS (Illinois Poetry Series)
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The Trouble-Making Finch: POEMS (Illinois Poetry)
(On his own at sixteen after being raised by an alcoholic ...)
On his own at sixteen after being raised by an alcoholic father and an abusive mother, Len Roberts is best known for poems of stark imagery that concentrate on his progress in life and how he has come to an acceptance of life's flux.
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The SILENT SINGER: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (Illinois Poetry Series)
(Winner of several major awards, including the Guggenheim,...)
Winner of several major awards, including the Guggenheim, National Endowment for the Arts, and National Poetry Series, Len Roberts is a powerful and uncompromising poet whose work redeems a turbulent past. "The Silent Singer" offers the best of Roberts' past work as well as a sizable collection of new poems.
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The SILENT SINGER: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (Illinois Poetry Series) 1st edition by Roberts, Len (2001) Paperback
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The Disappearing Trick (Illinois Poetry Series)
(In "The Disappearing Trick", Len Roberts wrestles with th...)
In "The Disappearing Trick", Len Roberts wrestles with the loss of loved ones - whether that loss be through death, a son moving away to college, or simply how people fade from our lives and memories. Hybrids of the narrative and lyric form, these poems are models of indirect statement that have, as Sharon Olds has said, "emotional courage, powerful music, and a deep balance." Like the light shining on a face, or a girl's thigh back in a sixth-grade class, the poems often come as Proustian flashes - lasting just a second, but seeming eternal - amidst an increasing darkness.
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The Disappearing Trick (Illinois Poetry Series)
(In "The Disappearing Trick", Len Roberts wrestles with th...)
In "The Disappearing Trick", Len Roberts wrestles with the loss of loved ones - whether that loss be through death, a son moving away to college, or simply how people fade from our lives and memories. Hybrids of the narrative and lyric form, these poems are models of indirect statement that have, as Sharon Olds has said, "emotional courage, powerful music, and a deep balance." Like the light shining on a face, or a girl's thigh back in a sixth-grade class, the poems often come as Proustian flashes - lasting just a second, but seeming eternal - amidst an increasing darkness.
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The Disappearing Trick (Illinois Poetry Series) by Roberts Len (2007-07-27) Paperback
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Other Work
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Author: Cohoes Theater, 1980, From the Dark, 1984, Sweet Ones (Great Lakes & Prairies award 1988), Black Wings (National Poetry Series award 1989), 1989, Learning About the Heart (Silverfish Review Annual chapbook competition winner 1992), Dangerous Angels, 1993, The Million Branches: Selected Poems and Interview, 1993, Counting the Black Angels, 1994, The Trouble-Making Finch, 1998, The Silent Singer: New and Selected Poems, 2001, The Disappearing Trick, 2006. Contributor poetry to journals including American Poetry Review, Antaeus, Antioch Review, Boston Review, California Quarterly, Georgia Review, Indiana Review, Massachusetts Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Poetry Australia, Paris Review. Translator: (books) The Selected Poems of Sándor Csoóri, 1992, Call to Me in My Mother Tongue, 1990, Selected Poems of Sándor Csoóri, 1989, Before and After the Fall: New Poems by Sandor Csoori, 2004.
Translator articles in journals.
Leonard Robert Roberts
Edit ProfileEnglish language educator poet
Education
Bachelor in English, Siena College, Loudonville, New York, 1970. Master of Arts in English, University Dayton, Ohio, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy in English, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1975.
Career
Professor English Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, from 1974. Visiting professor poetry Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1983-1985. Fulbright lecturer Janus Pannonious University, Pécs, Hungary, 1988-1989, University Turku, Finland, 1994.
Judge numerous poetry competitions. Conductor workshops and readings in poetry.
Works
book
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The Trouble-Making Finch: POEMS (Illinois Poetry)
(On his own at sixteen after being raised by an alcoholic ...)
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The SILENT SINGER: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (Illinois Poetry Series)
(Winner of several major awards, including the Guggenheim,...)
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The Disappearing Trick (Illinois Poetry Series)
(In "The Disappearing Trick", Len Roberts wrestles with th...)
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The Disappearing Trick (Illinois Poetry Series)
(In "The Disappearing Trick", Len Roberts wrestles with th...)
- Counting the Black Angels: POEMS (Illinois Poetry Series)
- The SILENT SINGER: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (Illinois Poetry Series) 1st edition by Roberts, Len (2001) Paperback
- The Disappearing Trick (Illinois Poetry Series) by Roberts Len (2007-07-27) Paperback
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The Trouble-Making Finch: POEMS (Illinois Poetry)
Other Work
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Author: Cohoes Theater, 1980, From the Dark, 1984, Sweet Ones (Great Lakes & Prairies award 1988), Black Wings (National Poetry Series award 1989), 1989, Learning About the Heart (Silverfish Review Annual chapbook competition winner 1992), Dangerous Angels, 1993, The Million Branches: Selected Poems and Interview, 1993, Counting the Black Angels, 1994, The Trouble-Making Finch, 1998, The Silent Singer: New and Selected Poems, 2001, The Disappearing Trick, 2006. Contributor poetry to journals including American Poetry Review, Antaeus, Antioch Review, Boston Review, California Quarterly, Georgia Review, Indiana Review, Massachusetts Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Poetry Australia, Paris Review. Translator: (books) The Selected Poems of Sándor Csoóri, 1992, Call to Me in My Mother Tongue, 1990, Selected Poems of Sándor Csoóri, 1989, Before and After the Fall: New Poems by Sandor Csoori, 2004.
Translator articles in journals.
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Membership
With United States Coast Guard Reserve, 1968-1974. Member Modern Language Association, Poetry Society of America, Poets and Writers, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (advisory board since 1990).
Interests
Connections
Married Denise Geiger, November 12, 1972 (divorced June 1978). Married Nancy Jean Crane, December 31, 1981. 1 child, Joshua Roberts.
Stepchildren: Tamara Day, Bradford Day.
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Died
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Nationality
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Religion
Roman Catholic -
Political Party
Democrat
Education
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1970
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1972
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1975
Awards
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Recipient National Poetry Series award, 1988, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Writing awards in poetry, 1981, 86-87, 89, 91, 00, Soros Foundation Translate awards for Hungarian translation, 1989-1990, 92, 97, National Endowment for Arts Writing awards in poetry, 1984, 89, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial award, 1990-1991, Pushcart Prize XVI Best of the Small Presses award for Gift Shop in Pecs, 1991, Witter-Bynner Translate award, 1991-1992, others, National Faculty award in fine arts American Association Community and Junior Colleges, 1987, International Award for teaching excellence College Leadership program of International Conference on Excellence, Austin, Texas, 1989, Professor Joseph A. Buff award for Alumni of the Year, Career Achievement, Siena College, 1991, Distinguished Alumni of Year award Lehigh University, 1993, Translation award National Endowment of the Humanities, 1999, National Endowment fellowship for College Teachers and Scholars, 1999.Recipient National Poetry Series award, 1988, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Writing awards in poetry, 1981, 86-87, 89, 91, 00, Soros Foundation Translate awards for Hungarian translation, 1989-1990, 92, 97, National Endowment for Arts Writing awards in poetry, 1984, 89, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial award, 1990-1991, Pushcart Prize XVI Best of the Small Presses award for Gift Shop in Pecs, 1991, Witter-Bynner Translate award, 1991-1992, others, National Faculty award in fine arts American Association Community and Junior Colleges, 1987, International Award for teaching excellence College Leadership program of International Conference on Excellence, Austin, Texas, 1989, Professor Joseph A. Buff award for Alumni of the Year, Career Achievement, Siena College, 1991, Distinguished Alumni of Year award Lehigh University, 1993, Translation award National Endowment of the Humanities, 1999, National Endowment fellowship for College Teachers and Scholars, 1999.