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May Swenson
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Anna Thilda May "May" Swenson (May 28, 1913 in Logan, Utah – December 4, 1989 in Bethany Beach, Delaware) was an American poet and playwright. She is considered one of the most important and original poets of the 20th century, as often hailed by the noted critic Harold Bloom. The first child of Margaret and Dan Arthur Swenson, she grew up as the eldest of 10 children in a Mormon household where Swedish was spoken regularly and English was a second language. Much of her later poetry works were devoted to children (e.g. the collection Iconographs, 1970). She also translated the work of contemporary Swedish poets, including the selected poems of Nobel laureate Tomas Tranströmer. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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The DNA Molecule
452Working on Wall Street
343The Red Bird Tapestry
284The Watch
215Question
206May Swenson - Poems About Time: Almanac/ A Loaf Of Time / How To Old
127May Swenson - Frontispiece
108May Swenson - The Key To Everything
99May Swenson - Fountains Of Aix
810Green Red Brown and White by May Swenson
4albums
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The Spoken Arts Treasury Volume 3
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Twelve Contemporary Poets - Bly, Creeley, Eberhart, Hall, Kinnell, Kizer, Merwin, Miles, Snyder, Stafford, Swenson and Whittemore Read Their Works
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Poetry Speaks Expanded [Disc 2]
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Caedmon Poetry Collection - A Century Of Poets Reading Their Work (Disc 1)
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Poetry Speaks Expanded (Disc 2)
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Poem of the Day
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The Caedmon Poetry Collection
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Caedmon Poetry Collection - A Century Of Poets Reading Their Work [Disc 1]
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The Spoken Arts Treasury: Volume 3
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Poetry Foundation
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A Century of Poets reading their Work