What is Mark Strand?
{{Infobox writer | name = Mark Strand | image = Markstrand012.JPG | caption = Strand at Georgetown University, 2012 | birth_date = {{birth date|1934|4|11|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Summerside, Prince Edward Island|Summerside]], [[Prince Edward Island]], Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|11|29|1934|4|11}} | death_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | occupation = Poet, translator, novelist, essayist | nationality = American, Canadian | ethnicity = | education = [[Antioch College]]; <br/> [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]] | period = }} '''Mark Strand''' (April 11, 1934 – November 29, 2014) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]]-[[Americans|American]] [[poet]], [[Essay|essayist]], and [[translator]]. He was appointed [[Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Poet Laureate Timeline: 1981-1990 | url=https://www.loc.gov/poetry/laureate-1981-1990.html | publisher=Library of Congress | year=2008 | accessdate=2009-01-01}}</ref> He was a professor of English and Comparative Literature at [[Columbia University]]. Strand was born in [[Summerside, Prince Edward Island|Summerside]], [[Prince Edward Island]]. Strand died on November 29, 2014, in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]] from [[liposarcoma]], aged 80.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Grimes|first1=William|title=Mark Strand, 80, Dies; Pulitzer-Winning Poet Laureate|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/nyregion/mark-strand-80-dies-pulitzer-winning-poet-laureate.html|website=New York Times|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=29 November 2014}}</ref> == Related pages == *[[List of poets from North America]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Strand, Mark}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Educators from New York City]] [[Category:American poets]] [[Category:Canadian poets]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New York City]] [[Category:Deaths from liposarcoma]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:Peopl