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Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Book Foundation Distinguished Contribution to American Letters | 2011 | Winner | “John Ashbery received the National Book Foundation Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in 2011. Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror is his most celebrated collection.” |
About This Book
John Ashbery's landmark poetry collection, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1975—the only collection ever to win all three simultaneously. The title poem, a long meditation on Parmigianino's self-portrait, is considered one of the greatest American poems of the twentieth century.
About the Author
John AshberyAmerican
John Ashbery (1927–2017) was an American poet widely considered the most influential American poet of the second half of the twentieth century. Born in Rochester, New York, he studied at Harvard and Columbia and spent many years in France. His 1975 collection Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award—one of only a handful of collections ever to win all three major American poetry prizes in the same year. Read more →
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