Ted Kooser

Ted Kooser (* 25. April 1939 i​n Ames, Iowa) i​st ein US-amerikanischer Dichter u​nd der 13. Poet Laureate d​er USA.

Leben und Werk

Kooser studierte a​n der Iowa State University (1962 B.A.) u​nd wechselte anschließend a​n die University o​f Nebraska (1968 M.A.). Verheiratet i​st er m​it Kathleen Rutledge, d​er früheren Herausgeberin d​es Lincoln Journal Star. Ted Kooser l​ebt derzeit (2013) i​m Seward County i​n der Nähe v​on Garland (Nebraska).

Im April 2004 w​urde er z​um Poet Laureate ernannt. Im Juni 2006 w​urde Donald Hall s​ein Nachfolger. 2005 erhielt e​r für s​ein Werk Delights a​nd Shadows d​en Pulitzer-Preis für Poesie.

Werke (Auswahl)
Lyrik
  • Official Entry Blank. Poems. University Press, Lincoln 1969.
  • Grass County. Poems. Wildflower Press, Lincoln 1971, ISBN 0-931534-07-0.
  • Twenty Poems. Best Cellar Press, Crete 1973.
  • A Local Habitation and a Name. Solo Press, San Luis 1974.
  • Not Coming to Be Barked At. Pentagramm Press, Milwaukee 1976, ISBN 0-915316-25-0.
  • Sure Signs New and Selected Poems. University Press, Pittsburgh 1980, ISBN 0-8229-3410-8.
  • One World at a Time. University Press, Pittsburgh 1985, ISBN 0-8229-5366-8.
  • The Blizzard Voices. Bieler Press, Minneapolis 1986, ISBN 0-931460-20-4.
  • Weather Central. University Press, Pittsburgh 1994, ISBN 0-8229-3796-4.
  • A Book of Things. Lyra Press, Lincoln 1995.
  • Riding with Colonel Carter. Sandhills Publ., Grand Island 1999.
  • Winter Morning Walks. One Hundred Postcards to Jim Harrison. University Press, Pittsburgh 2001, ISBN 0-88748-336-4.
  • Delights and Shadows. Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend 2004, ISBN 1-55659-201-9.
  • Local Wonders. Seasons in the Bohemian Alps. University Press, Lincoln 2004, ISBN 0-8032-7811-X.
  • Flying At Night. Poems 1965–1985. University Press, Pittbrugh 2005, ISBN 0-8229-4258-5 (EA Pittsburgh 1985).
Sachbücher
  • The Poetry Home Repair Manual. Practical Advice For Beginning Poets. University Press, Lincoln 2005, ISBN 0-8032-5978-6.

Literatur
  • Mark Sanders (Hrsg.): On common ground. The poetry of William Kloefkorn, Ted Kooser, Greg Kuzma and Don Welch. Sandhills Press, Ord, Neb. 1983, ISBN 0-911015-00-0.
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