Horace Gregory
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Horace Gregory (1898-1982) was a prize-winning American poet and literary critic. Husband of poet and editor Marya Zaturenska, he was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin in 1923, he is the author of books of poems, Chealsea Rooming House (1930), Poems, 1930-1940 (1941), and Another Look (1976), and books of criticism, Pilgrim of the Apocalypse (1933)—a study of D. H. Lawrence, The Shield of Achilles (1944),—containing poetics essays, A History of American Poetry, 1900–1940 (1946) of which his wife was co-author, another book of essays, The Dying Gladiators (1961), and Dorothy Richardson: An Adventure in Self-Discovery (1967). He also published translations of the poems of Catullus and the Metamorphoses of Ovid, and a memoir in 1971. His collected essays were published in 1973.
His poetry is known for its dramatic structure and deep insights into contemporary life's harshness.Template:US-writer-stub