Roethke, Theodore 1908–1963

Roethke was a major twentieth-century American poet. His work strongly conveys the physical presence of nature and the human body in dynamic descriptive imagery. The Far Field is generally considered his best and most representative work. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1954 for The Waking. (See also CLC, Vols. 1, 3, 8, and Contemporary Authors, Vols. 81-84.)