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by George J. Dance

Howard Altmann is a Canadian-born American poet.

Howard Altmann. Courtesy Skylight Books.

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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 " In This House," Amazon.ca, Web, Feb. 20, 2012.
  2. Search results = au:Howard Altmann, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Aug. 22, 2015.

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