George Oppen
GEORGE OPPEN (1908–1984) was born in New Rochelle, New York. Often associated
with the Objectivists, Oppen abandoned poetry in the 1930s for political activism,
and later moved to Mexico to avoid the House Un-American Activities Committee.
He returned to poetry—and to the United States—in 1958 and received a Pulitzer
Prize for his work in 1969.
George Oppen
GEORGE OPPEN (1908–1984) was born in New Rochelle, New York. Often associated
with the Objectivists, Oppen abandoned poetry in the 1930s for political activism,
and later moved to Mexico to avoid the House Un-American Activities Committee.
He returned to poetry—and to the United States—in 1958 and received a Pulitzer
Prize for his work in 1969.
Books by George Oppen
21 Poems
George Oppen
Paperback, 2017
Here put your head, that desires nothing except familiarly: There your feet, bending your knees so that, bare (I remember from childhood), they would smell salt-sweet. —from 21 Poems