This is a site devoted to the famous
nineteenth-century American poet, Theodore Roethke.
On this site we’ve included everything about the modern, American poet,
Theodore Roethke and his most well-know works. You’ll find easy-access
tabs to your left that duel as a table of context with the last two pages devoted to our ‘Related Links’ and ‘Works
Cited’ where you will also be able to access additional resources on the man of the hour.
AWARDS:
Guggenheim Fellowship, 1945, 1950; Eunice Tietjens Memorial Prize
(Poetry magazine), 1951; Ford Foundation grants, 1952, 1959; Pulitzer Prize for The Waking, 1954; Fulbright grant,
1955; Bollingen Prize, 1959; National Book Award for Words for the Wind, 1959; Shelley Memorial Award, 1962; Litt.
D., University of Michigan, 1962; National Book Award for The Far Field, 1965.
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