May Sarton


May Sarton
* Prose. * Themes. * Time Line. * Books.

Themes of her Writing

Themes include:

Prose

Writing on Writing (1980)

Five essays:

Time Line

While her poetry books are listed, only a subset is included of her over-fifty books, which included 17 collections of poetry, 19 novels, 11 journals, two children's books, and essays.

1912.
Born (3 May) in Wondelgem, Belgium.

1914.
Arrived in USA with parents fleeing a German invasion.

1930.
Poetry magazine published her series of sonnets (some to be included in Encounter (1937), her first published book).

1937.
Encounter (her first book of poems and first published book).

1938.
The Single Hound (her first novel) published.

1939.
Inner Landscape (her second book of poems).

1946.
The Bridge of Years (novel) published.

1948.
The Lion and the Rose (her 2nd book of poems).

1950.
Shadow of a Man (her 3rd novel) published.

1952.
Shower of Summer Days (her 4th novel) published.

1954
Wrote I Knew a Phoenix, (memoir).

1955.
Faithful Are the Wounds (novel) published.

1958.
Nomination for a National Book Award for In Time Like Air (poetry) and Faithful Are the Wounds (novel).

1961.
Cloud, Stone, Sun, Vine (poetry).

1966.
A Private Mythology (poetry).

1967.
As Does New Hampshire (poetry).

1968.
Plant Dreaming Deep, particularly well received of her many memoirs.

1971
A Grain of Mustard Seed (poetry).

1973.
Journal of a Solitude, memoir.

1974.
Collected Poems 1930-1973.

1978.
Selected Poems of May Sarton.

1980
Halfway to Silence (poetry).

1981
Writings on Writing (selected essays).

1984
Letters From Maine (poetry).

1994
Coming Into Eighty (poetry), for which she received Poetry magazine's Levinson Prize for Poetry.

1995
Died.

Books

Links and Books


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