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Letter from Mark Strand, Fresno, to Charles Simic, between 1977 and 1978 : typescript signed.

BIB_ID
415251
Accession number
MA 5788.15
Creator
Strand, Mark, 1934-2014, sender.
Display Date
Fresno, California, between 1977 and 1978.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 27.9 x 21.6 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Dear Chaz."
Possible date of writing based on Strand being a visiting professor at California State University Fresno in 1977 and "The monument" being published in 1978.
Written on letterhead stationery printed "California State University Fresno. / Fresno, California 93740."
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Summary
Saying that he has been writing gentle poems, inspired from rereading Leopardi; adding that he has been been reading Rilke again and that he got a beautiful letter from Octavio Paz about The Monument, which he wants to come out as Spanish; stating that he is translating some of Paz's poems and how difficult they are; discussing wines.