Background
Watson, Robert Winthrop was born on December 26, 1925 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of Winthrop and Laura Berdan (Trimble) Watson.
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Advantages of Dark
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001MAMTTC/?tag=prabook0b-20
The Pendulum: New and Selected Poems
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807119725/?tag=prabook0b-20
Advantages of dark;: Poems
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007EE1Y0/?tag=prabook0b-20
Three Sides of a Mirror
(Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition bou...)
Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition bound in orange cloth. A fine copy in a nearly fine dj. From author Don Robertson's library with persoanl bookplate attached to the front fly.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001JC41IU/?tag=prabook0b-20
Christmas in Las Vegas
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006CPUA2/?tag=prabook0b-20
Night Blooming Cactus: Poems
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/068911091X/?tag=prabook0b-20
Lily Lang
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312486251/?tag=prabook0b-20
- Three sides of the mirror : a novel.
- Lily Lang (Book by Robert watson)
- A Paper Horse: Poems (His first book of poems.)
Robert Winthrop Watson Edit Profile
poet English language educator
Robert Winthrop Watson, American Poet, English language educator. Swiss-American exchange fellow, 1947; grantee National Endowment for Arts, 1973; recipient American Scholar Poetry prize, 1959, Literature award American Academy Institute Arts Letters, 1977.
Education
Bachelor, Williams College, 1946. Postgraduate, University Zurich, 1947. Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1950.
Doctor of Philosophy in English, Johns Hopkins, 1955.
Career
Instructor English, Williams College, 1946, 47-48, 52-53; Instructor English, Johns Hopkins, 1950-1952; member of faculty, U. North Carolina, Greensboro, since 1953; Professor of English, U. North Carolina, 1963-1990. Visiting poet, Professor of English California State University, Northridge, 1968-1969.
Achievements
Works
book
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A Paper Horse: Poems
(His first book of poems.)
- Christmas in Las Vegas
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Lily Lang
(Book by Robert watson)
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Three Sides of a Mirror
(Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition bou...)
- Three sides of the mirror : a novel.
- Advantages of Dark
- The Pendulum: New and Selected Poems
- Advantages of dark;: Poems
- Night Blooming Cactus: Poems
- Lily Lang
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A Paper Horse: Poems
Connections
Married Elizabeth Ann Rean, January 12, 1952. Children: Winthrop, Caroline.
