Life Studies

Robert Lowell (1917-1977) was an American poet born into a prominent Boston Brahmin family. He won Pulitzer Prizes for Lord Weary's Castle (1947) and The Dolphin (1974), and pioneered confessional poetry with Life Studies (1959), which won the National Book Award. Notable works include For the Union Dead and Notebook 1967-1968, blending personal turmoil with public history, establishing him as a leading postwar American poet.Robert Lowell