Mark Strand

Mark Strand (April 11, 1934 – November 29, 2014) was a Canadian-American poet, essayist, and translator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990.^[1] He was a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Strand was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

Mark Strand
Strand at Georgetown University, 2012
Born	(1934-04-11)April 11, 1934 Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Died	November 29, 2014(2014-11-29) (aged 80) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Poet, translator, novelist, essayist
Nationality	American, Canadian
Education	Antioch College; Iowa Writers' Workshop

Strand died on November 29, 2014, in Brooklyn, New York City from liposarcoma, aged 80.^[2]

Related pages

• List of poets from North America