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Christian Wiman, born in 1966, is a renowned American poet known for his profound religious reflections and unique poetic style. His works have won him widespread acclaim from readers and critics.

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“I'm drawn to this range, that's for sure, but I suppose the thing that most appeals to me about Mandelstam is the sense you get from every poem that everything - the poet's very soul - is at stake.”

Soul Poet Appeals Range Stakes

Author:Christian Wiman

“The horrors have made the legend of Mandelstam and are inevitably the lens through which we read his work and life. But if there had been no Stalin and no purge, Mandelstam still would have been a poet of severe emotional and existential extremity.”

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Author:Christian Wiman

“I can't think offhand of any American poets who have Mandelstam's urgency, but it's a different country and a different time, and I don't think it would make much sense to say that this is something that's "missing" from contemporary American poetry.”

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Author:Christian Wiman

“Mandelstam is the sort of poet who comes along very, very rarely. Even the two Russian poets whose work is often linked with his - Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetaeva - though their work is more "urgent" than most American poetry, seem to me to operate at a lesser charge than Mandelstam.”

Two Seems Poet Linked Urgent Anna American Poetry

Author:Christian Wiman

“Nature poets can't walk across the backyard without tripping over an epiphany.”

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Book:Ambition and Survival: Becoming a Poet

Source: Ambition and Survival: Becoming a Poet

About the Author

Born: 1966
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 36

Books & Sources

Ambition and Survival: Becoming a PoetRelated source material

My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern BelieverRelated source material

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