Denise Levertov (1923–1997) was a British American poet, essayist, and political activist. She is known for her matter-of-fact verse, her personal and political themes, her lyrical style, and her focus on the injustices of war.
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Denise Levertov’s Candles in Babylon evinces both the inner strength gained by a life of social commitment and the quiet wisdom born of solitude.
In his elegy “In Memory of W. B. Yeats,” the British poet W. H. Auden says of the Irish poet, “He became his admirers.”
Watch our October 24 interview at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC with biographer Dana Greene, author of "Denise Levertov: A Poet's Life." (University of Illinois Press, 2012).
Poems address such topics as paintings, music, landscapes, and the terror in El Salvador.
It is evident that if central tropes are indeed operative in literature and art, then they must be discoverable in the careful examination of major poets and painters.
A consideration of the foreign-born contemporary American poet Denise Levertov, and the impact on her work of choosing to be an American poet.
For the first time in paperback-Levertov's recent poetry, showing her at the height of her literary powers.
Denise Levertov was a British-born American poet. Major themes of her poetry are politics and war.
Denise Levertov's Selected Poems delivers in a single accessible volume "one of the essential poets of our time" (Poetry Flash).
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Filmed at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington, July 10 2014. Screened as part of BREATHING THE WATER: A CELEBRATION OF DENISE LEVERTOV. April 27 - May 16, 2105 St Joseph Parish, Seattle.