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2 unusual facts about Charles Reznikoff


Charles Reznikoff

However, despite acclaim from fellow poets such as Hayden Carruth, May Swenson, and Denise Levertov, critical reaction was generally negative and Reznikoff once again found himself publishing his own work.

He practiced law briefly and entered officer training school in 1918, but failed to see active service before the end of the war.


Daniel Gutstein

Gutstein has cited the poet Paul Celan as being a major source of inspiration, and credits a number of American poets and fiction writers such as Charles Reznikoff, George Oppen, Lyn Hejinian, Shirley Jackson, Flannery O'Connor, and James Baldwin, as favorites.

George Oppen

In 1929 and 1930 he and Mary spent some time in New York, where they met Louis Zukofsky, Charles Reznikoff, musician Tibor Serly, and designer Russel Wright, among others.


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