Anthony Hecht
American poet whose The Hard Hours won the Pulitzer Prize in 1968. His formalist verse addresses the Holocaust with unusual moral seriousness, and The Venetian Vespers is his masterpiece.
Works
- A Summoning of StonesFormal poems on classical allusion and intricate rhetoric
- The Hard HoursPoems on suffering, loss, and the austere beauty of craft
- Millions of Strange ShadowsBaroque poems exploring erudition, paradox, and mysterious shadows
- The Venetian VespersLong narrative poems set in Venice and exploring human connection
- Flight Among the TombsPoems on archaeology, mortality, and the ruins of civilization