Richard Hugo (1923–1982)

Auteur van The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing

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Over de Auteur

Richard Hugo was born on December 21, 1923 in Seattle, Wash. He attended the University of Washington in Seattle and served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. His flight experience led to his employment with Boeing from 1951 until 1963. In 1964, he left Boeing for a teaching position at the toon meer University of Montana at Missoula. Hugo was a noted author of poetry collections including A Run of Jacks, Good Luck in Cracked Italian, and The Lady in Kicking Horse Reservoir. His detailed descriptions of fishing, the landscape, and small town life are lovingly captured in his charming poems and generally reflect life in the Pacific Northwest. Full of whimsy and a delight to the reader, his poems capture the essence of regional America and everyday existence. Richard Hugo died in 1982. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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Werken van Richard Hugo

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The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing (1979) 599 exemplaren

Making Certain It Goes On: The Collected Poems of Richard Hugo (1984) 187 exemplaren

Death and the Good Life (1981) 104 exemplaren

Selected Poems (1979) 59 exemplaren

The Lady in Kicking Horse Reservoir (Classic Contemporaries Series) (1964) 49 exemplaren

The Real West Marginal Way: A Poet's Autobiography (1986) 48 exemplaren

31 Letters and 13 Dreams: Poems (1977) 45 exemplaren

Right Madness On Skye (1980) 34 exemplaren

What Thou Lovest Well, Remains American (1975) 29 exemplaren

The Car That Brought You Here Still Runs: Revisiting the Northwest Towns of Richard Hugo (2010) 19 exemplaren

White Center (1980) 15 exemplaren

Duwamish head (A Copperhead chapbook) (1976) 8 exemplaren

Road Ends at Tahola (1978) 7 exemplaren

A run of jacks ; [poems] (1961) 5 exemplaren

Death of the Kapowsin Tavern (1965) 5 exemplaren

Good luck in cracked Italian (1969) 4 exemplaren

Si tu meurs à Milltown (2004) 4 exemplaren

Conspiracy of Mirrors (1990) 3 exemplaren

Rain five days and I love it (1975) 3 exemplaren

Sea Lanes Out (1983) 2 exemplaren

Meurtres cousus d'or 2 exemplaren

Poems 2 exemplaren

Het dagboek van Hitler (1985) 2 exemplaren

To Women (included in The Norton Introduction to Literature - 5th Edition) 1 exemplaar

Die Havarie. Roman. ( Ullstein Thriller). (1997) 1 exemplaar

Georgia Review, Summer 2008 1 exemplaar

OS DIÁRIOS DE HITLER (VOL2) 1 exemplaar

Places and Ways to Live (included in The Norton Introduction to Literature - 5th Edition) 1 exemplaar

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Geboortedatum: 1923-12-21
Overlijdensdatum: 1982-10-22
Geslacht: male
Relaties: Hugo, Ripley (wife)
Walker, Mildred (mother-in-law)

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Selected poems door Richard Hugo

Favorite poems were "Trout", "Near Kalalock", "Landscapes", "Introduction to the Hoh", and "Letter to Matthews from Barton Street Flats".

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TomPfeifer | Dec 12, 2019 |

Death and the Good Life door Richard Hugo

A homicide detective from Seattle is transplanted to an area near Missoula, Montana and is enjoying a quoted life that is short lived because there is a series of murders that disturbs the calm. Deputy Barnes has hisj good points and bad but he is footed in his determination to solve the crimes. He does turn out to be one of those guys who when he is not with the one he loves,loves the one he is with.

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Condorena | 1 andere bespreking | Apr 2, 2013 |

The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry… door Richard Hugo

This book was included in a list I published for Christmas gifts. I named it one of the best books I had read in 2010. My article and words about this book can be found here:
http://hubpages.com/t/1d9537

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MSarki | 1 andere bespreking | Mar 31, 2013 |