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Robert Lowell
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Biography
Lowell was born into a prominent family in Boston and could trace his roots back to passengers from the Mayflower. He attended Harvard for two years before graduating from Kenyon College in Ohio.

He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 at the age of thirty for his second book of poetry, Lord Weary's Castle. That same year, he served as the Poet Laureate. His early poetry is highly formal.

Lowell was politically active in protesting World War II and was imprisoned because he refused to serve in the army. He also opposed the Vietnam War.

Lowell led a tumultuous personal life, going through several marriages as well as mental illnesses. These personal struggles, as well as his encounters with younger poets in the 1950s, caused him to change his views on poetry and write his seminal work Life Studies (1959), which launched the Confessional Poetry movement.

–Christie Finn Source: Academy of American Poets

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Odyssey OperaPhaedra5/30/2015 - 5/30/2015
Encompass New Opera TheatrePhaedre6/4/1999 - 6/13/1999
Encompass New Opera TheatrePhaedra6/2/1999 - 6/13/1999
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