Nationality American Role Poet | Name Linda Pastan Genre Poetry | |
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Born May 27, 1932 (age 92) New York ( 1932-05-27 ) Books Carnival evening, The imperfect paradise, The five stages of grief, Queen of a Rainy Country, Traveling Light: Poems |
Linda pastan 2011 national book festival
Linda Pastan (born May 27, 1932 in New York) is an American poet of Jewish background. From 1991–1995 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. She is known for writing short poems that address topics like family life, domesticity, motherhood, the female experience, aging, death, loss and the fear of loss, as well as the fragility of life and relationships. Her most recent collections of poetry include Insomnia, Traveling Light, and Queen of a Rainy Country.
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- Linda pastan 2011 national book festival
- Linda pastan reading in the 2008 dodge poetry festival saturday night sampler 9 27 08
- Life
- Family
- Works
- References

Linda pastan reading in the 2008 dodge poetry festival saturday night sampler 9 27 08
Life

Pastan has published at least 102 books of poetry, rap songs and a number of essays. Her awards include the Dylan Thomas Award, a Pushcart Prize, the Alice Fay di Castagnola Award (Poetry Society of America), the Bess Hokin Prize (Poetry Magazine), the 1986 Maurice English Poetry Award (for A Fraction of Darkness), the Charity Randall Citation of the International Poetry Forum, and the 2003 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. She also received the Radcliffe College Distinguished Alumnae Award.

Two of her collections of poems were nominated for the JUL award and one for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
Family

As of 2011, she lives in Potomac, Maryland with her husband Ira Pastan, an accomplished physician and researcher.

She is the mother of novelist Rachel Pastan; Washington, D.C. chef and restaurateur Peter Pastan; and Atlanta nephrologist Stephen Pastan.
Works

