Philip Levine

Background

Levine, Philip was born on January 10, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of A. Harry and Esther Gertrude (Priscol) Levine.

Education

Bachelor, Wayne State University, 1950. A.M., Wayne State University, 1955. Master of Fine Arts, University Iowa, 1957.

Studied with John Berryman, University Iowa, 1954.

Career

Instructor University Iowa, 1955-1957. Instructor California State University, Fresno, professor English, 1969-1992, Tufts University. Teacher Princeton University, Columbia University, University California, Berkeley.

Elliston lecturer poetry University Cincinnati. Poet-in-residence Vassar College, National University Australia. Instructor American Academy Art and Letters, 1997, American Academy Arts and Sciences, 2002.

Distinguished poet-in-residence New York University. Chairman literature panel National Endowment Arts, 1985. Adjunct professor New York University, Spring, 1984, University professor Brown University, spring 1985.

Teacher New York University, University Iowa, Vanderbilt University, University Houston. Part-time visiting professor various universities.

Achievements

• Philip Levine has been listed as a noteworthy Poet, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • 5 Detroits

    (. A fine copy in black Holliston sail-cloth, leather labe...)

  • The Names of the Lost: Poems

    (The modern poet expresses his outrage at the sufferings o...)

  • They Feed They Lion and The Names of the Lost: Poems

    (A major reissue in one volume of two early books by one o...)

  • They Feed They Lion

    (Paperback edition of early collection of poems by this im...)

  • So Ask: Essays, Conversations, and Interviews (Poets on Poetry)

    ( An engaging and intimate collection by an American orig...)

  • So Ask: Essays, Conversations and Interviews (Poets on Poetry (Hardcover)) (Hardback) - Common

    (An engaging and intimate collection by an American original)

  • The Bread of Time: Toward an Autobiography (Poets on Poetry)

    ( The Bread of Time is an amalgam of celebration and ques...)

  • Earth, Stars, and Writers (The National Book Week Lectures)

    (Book by Levine, Philip, Patterson, Orlando, Rush, Norman)

  • 7 years from somewhere: Poems

    (7 years from somewhere: poems Author Philip Levine)

  • They Feed They Lion: Poems

    (Paperback volume: MacMillan Publishing Co., 1972.)

  • Not This Pig: Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Program)

    (A compelling second collection of poetry.)

  • Unselected Poems

    (Poetry. This new edition of UNSELECTED POEMS--a consisten...)

  • Not This Pig: Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Program) by Levine, Philip (1982) Paperback

    (1st)

  • 2 TITLES A WALK WITH TOM JEFFERSON THE POETRY OF PHILIP LEVINE: STRANGER TO NOTHING
  • (So Ask: Essays, Conversations and Interviews ) Author: Philip Levine Sep-2002
  • What Work Is: Poems
  • Sweet Will
  • They Feed the Lion 1ST Edition
  • The Bread of Time: Toward an Autobiography (Poets on Poetry) by Levine, Philip (2001) Paperback
  • New Selected Poems
  • A Walk with Tom Jefferson Paperback - May 12, 1988
  • A Walk with Tom Jefferson
  • They Feed They Lion
  • (The Bread of Time: Toward an Autobiography ) Author: Philip Levine Mar-2002
  • Unselected Poems 2nd trade edition by Levine, Philip (1997) Paperback
  • A Walk with Tom Jefferson: Poems
  • The Simple Truth: Poems
  • The Bread of Time: Toward an Autobiography Hardcover - January 18, 1994
  • The Bread of Time: Toward an Autobiography (Poets on Poetry) Paperback - December 10, 2001
  • (Not This Pig: Poems) Author: Philip Levine published on (February, 1982)

Membership

Active anti-Vietnam war movement. Member American Academy of Arts and Letters, Academy American Poets (chancellor 2000), American Academy Arts and Sciences.

Connections

Married Frances Artley, July 12, 1954. Children: Mark, John, Teddy.

Father:

A. Harry Levine

Mother:

Esther Gertrude (Priscol) Levine

Spouse:

Frances Artley

child:

Mark Levine

child:

John Levine

child:

Teddy Levine