Kenneth O. Hanson
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Kenneth O. Hanson was a teacher, translator, and poet
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, in 1942. He then pursued graduate study in comparative literature and the Chinese language at the University of Washington
, where he was an instructor. Hanson was a Kenan Professor of English and Humanities, at Reed College
, from 1954 until 1986.
Hanson wrote numerous volumes of his poetry and published translated poems from both French and Chinese. His poetry was published in numerous magazines and journals including The New Yorker, the Nation, Botthege Oscure, Poetry Magazine, and Poetry Northwest.
He retired to permanently live in Greece, the country that he discovered in 1963 and where he had been visiting.
Some of his papers are held at Emory University
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Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
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Life
Hanson, a native of Idaho, received his B.A. from the University of IdahoUniversity of Idaho
The University of Idaho is the State of Idaho's flagship and oldest public university, located in the rural city of Moscow in Latah County in the northern portion of the state...
, in 1942. He then pursued graduate study in comparative literature and the Chinese language at the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
, where he was an instructor. Hanson was a Kenan Professor of English and Humanities, at Reed College
Reed College
Reed College is a private, independent, liberal arts college located in southeast Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus located in Portland's Eastmoreland neighborhood, featuring architecture based on the Tudor-Gothic style, and a forested canyon wilderness...
, from 1954 until 1986.
Hanson wrote numerous volumes of his poetry and published translated poems from both French and Chinese. His poetry was published in numerous magazines and journals including The New Yorker, the Nation, Botthege Oscure, Poetry Magazine, and Poetry Northwest.
He retired to permanently live in Greece, the country that he discovered in 1963 and where he had been visiting.
Some of his papers are held at Emory University
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
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Awards
- Theodore Roethke Award in 1964 for best poems by a Northwest poet.
- Fulbright Grant to attend the first Institute in Chinese Civilization in Formosa
- Amy Lowell Travelling Poetry Scholarship
- Rockefeller Foundation Grant in humanities
- Bollingen Foundation grant to translate works by the Sung Dynasty poet Han Yü (resulting in the 1978 volume Growing Old Alive)
- two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.
- The Distance Anywhere, won the Lamont Award of the Academy of American Poets in 1966