Robert Lowell

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American poet Confessional poet human poet

Robert Lowell was a prominent 20th-century American poet and key figure in the Confessional poetry movement, known for his intensely personal and formally innovative verse.

Aliases (1)

Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American poet → Confessional poet → human → poet →
awardReceived	National Book Award for Poetry → National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry → Pulitzer Prize for Poetry →
birthDate	1917-03-01 →
birthPlace	Boston, Massachusetts, United States →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1977-09-12 →
deathPlace	New York City, New York, United States →
educatedAt	Harvard University → Kenyon College → Louisiana State University →
familyName	Lowell NERFINISHED →
fullName	Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV →
genre	poetry →
givenName	Robert →
influenced	Anne Sexton → Sylvia Plath → W. D. Snodgrass →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
laterReligion	Episcopalianism →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Letters →
militaryConflict	World War II →
movement	Confessional poetry → Modernist poetry →
notableFor	formally innovative poetry → intensely personal verse →
notableWork	For the Union Dead → History → Life Studies → Lord Weary’s Castle → Near the Ocean → Notebook 1967–68 → The Dolphin → The Mills of the Kavanaughs → The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket →
occupation	poet → teacher → translator →
politicalPosition	conscientious objector →
relative	Amy Lowell → James Russell Lowell →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
spouse	Caroline Blackwood → Elizabeth Hardwick → Jean Stafford →
studentOf	Allen Tate → John Crowe Ransom →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anne Sexton → Sylvia Plath →	influencedBy
Robert Lowell ("Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV") →	fullName
Confessional poetry →	hasKeyFigure
Lowell family →	hasNotableMember
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry →	hasNotableMultipleWinner