Len Roberts (March 13, 1947 – May 25, 2007) was an American poet.

Life

He graduated from Siena College, the University of Dayton with a master's degree, and from Lehigh University with a Ph.D.

He presented some of his work at Lafayette College. Allen Ginsberg sent his manuscript to a publisher which was Cohoes Theater.

He translated three books of Hungarian poet Sándor Csoóri, whose writing helped to inspire the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

He taught at the University of Pittsburgh, Muhlenberg College, Lafayette College, and Northampton Community College (for 33 years).

Awards

Works

Poetry

  • Cohoes Theater. Santa Monica: Momentum Press, 1980.
  • . Albany: SUNY Press. 1984. ISBN 978-0-87395-758-8. Len Roberts.
  • . Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions. 1988. ISBN 978-0-915943-24-1.
  • Black Wings. New York: Persea. 1989. ISBN 978-0-89255-141-5.
  • . Providence: Copper Beech Press. 1993. ISBN 978-0-914278-61-0.
  • The Million Branches: Selected Poems and Interview. Mount Nebo: Yarrow Press, 1993.
  • . Urbana: University of Illinois Press. 1994. ISBN 978-0-252-06381-7. Len Roberts.
  • . Urbana: University of Illinois Press. 1998. ISBN 978-0-252-06693-1.
  • . Urbana: University of Illinois Press. 2001. ISBN 978-0-252-06952-9.
  • . Urbana: University of Illinois Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-252-07374-8.

Translations

  • . Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press. 1992. ISBN 978-1-55659-047-4.
  • Sándor Csoóri (2004). . Rochester: BOA Editions, Ltd. ISBN 978-1-929918-46-1.

Anthologies

  • Peter Oresick; Nicholas Coles, eds. (1990). "Coal Miners". . University of Illinois Press. p. . ISBN 978-0-252-06133-2. Len Roberts.
  • Laure-Anne Bosselaar, ed. (1999). . Milkweed Editions. ISBN 978-1-57131-409-3.
  • Charles Simic; David Lehman, eds. (1992). . Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-19501-8.

External links

  • at The National Poetry Series