The Father

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The Father is a poetry collection by Sharon Olds that confronts her father’s illness, death, and their fraught relationship with stark, emotionally intense verse.

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Der Vater: Eine Abrechnung 1
The Father canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poetry collection ⓘ
author Sharon Olds ⓘ
authorNationality American ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre poetry ⓘ
hasAuthorGender female ⓘ
hasPart individual poems ⓘ
intendedAudience adult readers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm lyric poetry ⓘ
literaryMovement contemporary American poetry ⓘ
mainTheme death ⓘ
family conflict ⓘ
father–child relationship ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ
grief ⓘ
illness ⓘ
memory ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
notableFor intense emotional honesty ⓘ
unflinching treatment of family trauma ⓘ
period late 20th century literature ⓘ
style narrative ⓘ
stark ⓘ
subjectMatter a fraught parent–child relationship ⓘ
the father’s death ⓘ
the father’s illness ⓘ
the poet's father ⓘ
tone confessional ⓘ
emotionally intense ⓘ
writer Sharon Olds ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sharon Olds → notableWork → The Father ⓘ
Niklas Frank → notableWork → The Father ⓘ
this entity surface form: Der Vater: Eine Abrechnung