by George J. Dance
Howard Altmann is a Canadian-born American poet.
Howard Altmann. Courtesy Skylight Books.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Altmann was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1]"
He graduated from that city's McGill University, and then earned an M.B.A. at Stanford University.[1]"
Career[]
Altmann worked for a real estate investment company as senior Vice President.[1]"
He has written children's stories and plays, and has taught poetry at a women's prison. He lives in New York City.[1]
Writing[]
John Ashbery: ""Howard Altmann interrogates the sky, the light, the world, about their intentions. If he seldom finds reassuring answers, he finds something better: 'When all that consoled consoles no longer / loneliness finds a room inside the one it knows.' These poems are as essential as a glass of water."[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Who Collects the Days. Oakville, ON, & Niagara Falls, NY: Mosaic Press, 2004.
- In This House. New York: Turtle Point Press, 2010.
Plays[]
- The Johnsons and the Thompsons. Playscripts, 2008.[1]
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[2]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 " In This House," Amazon.ca, Web, Feb. 20, 2012.
- ↑ Search results = au:Howard Altmann, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Aug. 22, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- Howard Altmann at the Poetry Foundation
- Howard Altmann 3 poems at the Academy of American Poets
- "The Lake of Memories" Poem of the Week at The Guardian
- "Budapest 1944" Poem of the Week at The Guardian
- Prose
- "Lisbon, Mon Amour", North American Review
- Books
- Howard Altmann at Amazon.com
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