Cynthia Macdonald in 1979. Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries, UH Digital Library, and Wikimedia Commons.
Cynthia Macdonald (February 2, 1928 – August 3, 2015) was an American poet.
Life[]
Macdonald was born in Manhattan to screenwriter Leonard Macdonald and his wife Dorothy Kiam Macdonald.[1]
She was educated at Bennington College, Mannes College of Music, Sarah Lawrence College, the Houston-Galveston (Texas) Psychoanalytic Institute, and Baylor College of Medicine, where she was certified as a psychoanalyst in 1986.[2]
Originally Macdonald intended to make a profession of singing, from 1953 to 1966.[1] She then taught English at Sarah Lawrence College (1970-75) and Johns Hopkins University (1975-78).[2]
In 1979 she founded the creative writing program at the University of Houston (UH), serving as codirector. She served on the faculty of UH until 2004.[1]
She was a member of the board of directors of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs.[3]
She wrote the libretto for The Rehearsal (1978), an opera by Thomas Benjamin.[2]
Recognition[]
- 3 National Endowment for the Arts grants (2 for poetry, 1 for a libretto)[4][5]
- Guggenheim Fellowship [6]
- National Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters award Template:Which?
- O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize[7]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Amputations. New York: Braziller, 1972.
- Transplants. New York: Braziller, 1976.
- Pruning the Annuals. Bartholomew's Cobble, 1976.
- (W)holes. New York: Knopf, 1980.
- Alternate Means of Transport. New York: Knopf, 1985.
- Living Wills. New York: Knopf, 1991.
- I Can't Remember. New York: Knopf, 1997.
Songs[]
- The Rehearsal (operatic libretto; with music by Thomas Benjamin), first produced in Evanston, IL, at Northwestern University, 1980.
- (Lyricist) This Is the Day (music by Judy Collins). Elektra, 1980.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the Poetry Foundation.[8]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Grimes, William (2015-08-24). "Cynthia Macdonald, Poet Known for Humor and Ability to Shock, Dies at 87". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/books/cynthia-macdonald-poet-known-for-humor-and-ability-to-shock-dies-at-87.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Cynthia Macdonald", Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. Web, Nov. 18, 2009.
- ↑ http://www.lib.odu.edu/litfest/3rd/macdonald.html
- ↑ http://www3.wooster.edu/ArtfulDodge/interviews/macdonald.htm
- ↑ http://www.nea.gov/pub/nea_lit.pdf
- ↑ http://www.gf.org/fellows/9167-cynthia-macdonald
- ↑ http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=968
- ↑ Cynthia Macdonald b. 1928, Poetry Foundation, Web, Nov. 2, 2012.
External links[]
- Poems
- Audio / video
- "The Murderer's Daughter" (audio)
- Books
- Cynthia Macdonald at Amazon.com
- About
- Cynthia Macdonald in the Encyclopædia Britannica
- Cynthia Macdonald at NNDB.
- A Conversation with Cynthia Macdonald by Daniel Bourne at Artful Dodge, March 30, 1990
- Interview with Cynthia MacDonald at Phosphene Publishing
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