Poet of the Month - Mark Strand

Mark Strand was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

His collections of poems include:

• Dark Harbor (1993),
• The Continuous Life (1990),
• Selected Poems (1980),
• The Late Hour (1978),
• The Story of our Lives (1973),
• The Sargentville Notebook (1973),
• Darker (1970),
• Reasons For Moving (1968),
• and Sleeping With One Eye Open (1964).

He has also published a book of prose, entitled The Monument (1978). His books on artists include William Bailey (1987) and Hopper (1994). His translations include two volumes of the poems of Carlos Drummond de Andrade. He has also published three books for children and has been the recipient of Fellowships from the Ingram Merrill, Rocke.

He has been awarded the Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets (1979), a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Award (1987), the Bollingen Prize (1993), and has served as Poet Laureate of the United States (1990). He is currently the Elliott Coleman Professor of Poetry in the Writing Seminars at the Johns Hopkins

Quote:
"Each moment is a place you've never been."