Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. After receiving his law degree, he began working for the legal department of the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company. He continued to work for the insurance company and reside in Hartford, Connecticut throughout his writing career. His collections of poetry include Harmonium, Ideas of Order, Transport to Summer, and The Auroras of Autumn. He was awarded two National Book Awards, and the Pulitzer Prize in 1955.
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An essential book for all readers of poetry, and the definitive collection from the man Harold Bloom has called “the best and most representative American poet.' Originally published in 1954 to honor Stevens’s seventy-fifth birthday, ... SEE MORE