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Zahnow Library - Theodore Roethke Memorial Sculpture: About Theodore Roethke

Gift of the Theodore Roethke Memorial Foundation

Theodore Roethke

The Poet

THEODORE HUEBNER ROETHKE

Born:  May 25, 1908

Died: August 1963

Buried: Oakwood Cemetary, Saginaw, Michigan

Occupation: Educator, poet

 

SOURCE OF INFORMATION:  Who Was Who in America with World Notables, v. IV, Chicago, IL : Marquis-Who's Who, Inc., c. 1968, p. 805

Awards & Honors

  • Pulitzer Prize, 1953
  • Guggenheim Fellow
  • Fulbright lecturer
  • Tietjen Prize
  • Levinson Prize
  • American Academy of Arts & Letters Award
  • Bollinger Prize for Poetry
  • Edna St. Vincent Millay Award

Resources

Library's collection of  materials authored by Theodore Roethke


Library's collection of materials about Theodore Roethke


Finding Aid for the Beatrice Roethke Papers (Archival material related to Theodore Roethke)


Theodore Roethke Web sites:

Academy of American Poets-Theodore Roethke

Modern American Poetry

Selected Poems by Theodore Roethke

For More Information

Theodore Roethke Memorial Foundation
 

Friends of Theodore Roethke
PRESIDENT: Annie Ransford, 989-673-3004
1805 GRATIOT
SAGINAW MI  48602

https://friendsof roethke.org