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- NAME: Robert Lowell
- OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Poet
- BIRTH DATE: March 01, 1917
- DEATH DATE: September 12, 1977
- EDUCATION: Harvard College, Kenyon College
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Boston, Massachusetts
- PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
- Originally: Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV
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Robert Lowell is the founder of the confessional poetry movement which emphasizes the intimate and often unflattering details about the poet's personal life.
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American poet Robert Lowell was born to one of Boston's oldest and most prominent families. He is the founder of the confessional poetry movement which emphasizes the intimate and often unflattering details about the poet's personal life. Lowell won the Pulitzer Prize in both 1947 and 1974 and the National Book Award in 1960 for his work. His students include Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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