Benjamin Saltman (1927-1999). Photo by FoobarJones. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
| Benjamin Saltman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
7 September 1927 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Died |
9 January 1999 Kensington, California |
| Occupation | Poet, academic |
Benjamin Saltman (September 7, 1927 - January 9, 1999) was an American poet and academic.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Saltman was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the youngest son of Russian-Jewish immigrants.
He earned a B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1952 and an M.A. in creative writing from San Francisco State University in 1959. In 1967 he received a Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate School where he wrote his doctoral thesis on "The Descent to God: Religious language in several contemporary American poets".[1]
Career[]
Saltman is the Professor of verse writing and contemporary American literature at California State University, Northridge.[2][3]
He was noted as providing editorial assistance for the Swami Prabhavananda in the "The Sermon on the Mount according to Vedanta".[4] In 1992, after retiring, he volunteered to teach at CSUN for free after state budget cuts caused the school to cancel 1,000 courses previously scheduled for the fall semester.[5][6][7]
Recognition[]
Saltman was the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowships in 1969 and 1987.[8]
The Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award is given annually by Red Hen Press in his honor.[9]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Blue with Blue. Chapel Hill, NC: Lillabulero Press, 1968.
- The Leaves, The People (illustrated by James Steel Smith). Los Angeles & Fairfax, CA: Red Hill Press, 1974.
- Elegies of Place. Tiffin, OH: Armchair Press, 1977.
- Deck. Ithaca, NY: Ithaca House, 1979.
- Five Poems. Northridge, CaA: Santa Susana Press, California State University, 1989.
- The Book of Moss: Poems. San Luis Obispo, CA: Garden Street Press, 1992
- revised & expanded (with 33 new poems), CreateSpace, 2016.[10].
- The Sun Takes Us Away: New and selected poems, 1968-1996. Palmdale, CA: Red Hen Press / Valentine, 1996.
- Sleep and Death, the Dream. Palmdale, CA: Red Hen Press, 1999.
- Alone with Everyone: Selected poems. CreateSpace, 2018.[11]
Non-fiction[]
- A Termite Memoir: An autobiographical journey by one of America's great poets. CreateSpace, 2018.[12]
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[13]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ The Libraries of The Claremont Colleges, 2005 Claremont University Consortium
- ↑ Red Hen Press Author Bio redhen.org. Retrieved on 2009-07-13
- ↑ CSUN List of Deceased Faculty csun.edu. Web, July 15, 2010.
- ↑ Swami Prabhavananda, The Sermon on the Mount According to Vedanta (Allen & Unwin, 1964), Page 6.
- ↑ "Sorry, You Can't Teach for Free", Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug 1992. Web, July 13, 2009.
- ↑ "Professors' Volunteer Offer Rejected", Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug 1992. Web, July 13, 2009.
- ↑ "New Law Allows Retiring CSUN Professors to Teach for Free", Los Angeles Times, 10 September 1992. Web, July 13, 2009.
- ↑ NEA Literature Fellowships, Page 43. Web, July 13, 2009.
- ↑ Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award, Poets & Writers. Web, July 13, 2009.
- ↑ The Book of Moss, Amazon.com. Web, Dec, 11m 2018.
- ↑ Alone with Everyone, Amazon.com. Web, Dec, 11m 2018.
- ↑ A Termite Momoir, Amazon.com. Web, Dec, 11m 2018.
- ↑ Search results = au:Benjamin Saltman, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Feb. 1, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- "At 59", By Benjamin Saltman, Los Angeles Times, 02 August 1992
- Mysterious Faces Talking Straight Ahead (47 poems)
- Audio / video
- Books
- Benjamin Saltman at Amazon.com
- About
- Benjamin Saltman (official website)
- The Book of Moss, In Brief Poetry Review by Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 30 August 1992
- The Poetry of Benjamin Saltman, reviewed by M.A. Roberts
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