Sissman was raised in Detroit. He went to private schools, and in 1941 he became a national spelling champion when he won the 17th Scripps National Spelling Bee. He was a Quiz Kid.
Near the end of World War II Sissman entered Harvard. He was expelled but returned, graduating in 1949 as Class Poet.
In the 1950s he worked at Prentice-Hall as a copyeditor in New York City. In the 1960s he worked at odd jobs, including campaigning for John F. Kennedy. Eventually, he was hired by Quinn and Johnson Advertising, in Boston, and he rose to the position of Creative Vice President. He married Anne, and lived in Still River.
"THE TREE WARDEN". The Atlantic Monthly. June 1965.
"THE MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY". The Atlantic Monthly. January 1967.
"LOVE-MAKING; APRIL; MIDDLE AGE". The Atlantic Monthly. January 1968.
"TRAS OS MONTES". The Atlantic Monthly. May 1978.
Innocent Bystander: The Scene from the 70's. Vanguard Press. 1975. ISBN978-0814907696.
Poetry booksedit
Dying: An Introduction. Little, Brown. 1968.
Scattered Returns. Little, Brown and Company. 1969.
Pursuit of Honor. Little, Brown. 1971.
Peter Davison, ed. (1978). Hello, Darkness: The Collected Poems of L. E. Sissman. Little, Brown. ISBN978-0-316-79311-7.
Peter Davison, ed. (1999). Night music. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN978-0-395-92570-6.
Reviewsedit
The poetry of Louis Edward Sissman speaks to us out of midcentury American life with all of the poise and formal elegance of W. H. Auden yet with the joie de vivre of Sissman's Harvard contemporary Frank O'Hara....The influence of Sissman's poetry has now survived into a second generation. The poet Brad Leithauser, born after Sissman graduated from college, declared in The New Criterion that "[Sissman] can serve as a model to every contemporary poet." And Edward Hirsch, in the foreword to Night Music, states, "He provides an example of wit schooled by feeling and deepened by experience, of intellect coming together with restrained but warm underlying emotion, of poetic freedom enabled by expertise."—P. Davison, The Atlantic, Mar 17, 1999[4]
Referencesedit
^The New Yorker Book of Poems. 1969. ISBN9780670509218. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
^"L.E. Sissman". harpers.org. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
^"Sissman, L.E., 1928-1976. L. E. Sissman additional papers: Guide". harvard.edu. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
^"Poetry Pages—L. E. Sissman". The Atlantic. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
External linksedit
"L. E. Sissman", Worcester Area Writers
April 13, 2024
sissman, louis, edward, sissman, january, 1928, detroit, march, 1976, poet, advertising, executive, contents, biography, awards, works, poetry, books, reviews, references, external, linksbiography, editsissman, raised, detroit, went, private, schools, 1941, be. Louis Edward Sissman January 1 1928 Detroit March 10 1976 was a poet and advertising executive Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards 3 Works 3 1 Poetry books 4 Reviews 5 References 6 External linksBiography editSissman was raised in Detroit He went to private schools and in 1941 he became a national spelling champion when he won the 17th Scripps National Spelling Bee He was a Quiz Kid Near the end of World War II Sissman entered Harvard He was expelled but returned graduating in 1949 as Class Poet In the 1950s he worked at Prentice Hall as a copyeditor in New York City In the 1960s he worked at odd jobs including campaigning for John F Kennedy Eventually he was hired by Quinn and Johnson Advertising in Boston and he rose to the position of Creative Vice President He married Anne and lived in Still River In 1965 he discovered he had Hodgkin s lymphoma He fought the disease for a decade He wrote book reviews and poems for The New Yorker 1 monthly columns for The Atlantic and was published in Harper s Magazine 2 His papers are housed at Harvard University 3 Awards editGuggenheim Fellowship 1968 Garrison Prize Golden Rose Award Hello Darkness won the 1978 National Book Critics Circle AwardWorks edit THE TREE WARDEN The Atlantic Monthly June 1965 THE MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY The Atlantic Monthly January 1967 LOVE MAKING APRIL MIDDLE AGE The Atlantic Monthly January 1968 TRAS OS MONTES The Atlantic Monthly May 1978 Innocent Bystander The Scene from the 70 s Vanguard Press 1975 ISBN 978 0814907696 Poetry books edit Dying An Introduction Little Brown 1968 Scattered Returns Little Brown and Company 1969 Pursuit of Honor Little Brown 1971 Peter Davison ed 1978 Hello Darkness The Collected Poems of L E Sissman Little Brown ISBN 978 0 316 79311 7 Peter Davison ed 1999 Night music Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN 978 0 395 92570 6 Reviews editThe poetry of Louis Edward Sissman speaks to us out of midcentury American life with all of the poise and formal elegance of W H Auden yet with the joie de vivre of Sissman s Harvard contemporary Frank O Hara The influence of Sissman s poetry has now survived into a second generation The poet Brad Leithauser born after Sissman graduated from college declared in The New Criterion that Sissman can serve as a model to every contemporary poet And Edward Hirsch in the foreword to Night Music states He provides an example of wit schooled by feeling and deepened by experience of intellect coming together with restrained but warm underlying emotion of poetic freedom enabled by expertise P Davison The Atlantic Mar 17 1999 4 References edit The New Yorker Book of Poems 1969 ISBN 9780670509218 Retrieved 25 January 2015 L E Sissman harpers org Retrieved 25 January 2015 Sissman L E 1928 1976 L E Sissman additional papers Guide harvard edu Retrieved 25 January 2015 Poetry Pages L E Sissman The Atlantic Retrieved 25 January 2015 External links edit L E Sissman Poets of Cambridge U S A L E Sissman Worcester Area Writers Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title L E Sissman amp oldid 1152919955, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
