Mark Doty

Mark Doty (10. 8., 1953.) je američki pesnik i memoarista. Rođen je u Maryvillu, Tennessee.

Mark Doty
Rođenje	10. augusta 1953. (1953-08-10) (dob: 71)

Godine 1989 njegov partner Willy Roberts je dobio pozitivne rezultate na HIV, In 1989, his partner Wally Roberts tested positive for HIV,^[1] što je dramatično uticalo na njegovo pisanje. Robertsova smrt 1994. godine inspirisala je Dotyja da napiše Atlantis, i Heaven's Coast: A Memoir, beveći se ovom temom. Godine 1995. dobio je nagradu T.S. Eliot Prize za književnost, kao prvi američki pesnik, koji je osvojio tu nagradu.

Predaje na univerzitetu Rutgers. Njegov suprug od 1995. godine je pisac, Paul Lisicky.

Rad

Poezija

• 1987: Turtle, Swan, Boston: David R. Godine ^[2]
• 1991: Bethlehem in Broad Daylight, Boston: David R. Godine ^[2]
• 1993: My Alexandria, Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press; London: Jonathan Cape, 1995^[2]
• 1995: Atlantis, New York: HarperCollins; London: Jonathan Cape, 1996^[2]
• 1998: Sweet Machine, New York, HarperFlamingo; London: Jonathan Cape, 1998^[2]
• 2001: Source, New York: HarperCollins; London: Jonathan Cape, 2002^[2]
• 2005: School of the Arts, New York: HarperCollins; London: Jonathan Cape, 2005^[2]
• 2008: Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems, New York, HarperCollins^[2]
• 2008: Theories and Apparitions, London: Jonathan Cape^[2]

Proza

• 1996: Heaven's Coast (memoari), New York: HarperCollins; London: Jonathan Cape, 1996; Stockholm: Kentaur^[2]
• 1999: Firebird: A Memoir, New York: HarperCollins; London: Jonathan Cape, 2000^[2]
• 2001: Still Life with Oysters and Lemon, Boston: Beacon Press^[2]
• 2007: Dog Years, New York: HarperCollins; London: Jonathan Cape, 2007;^[2]
• 2010: The Art of Description, St. Paul: Graywolf Books^[2]