Mark Strand, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mark Strand

Canadian-American poet, essayist, translator

Date of Birth: 11-Apr-1934

Place of Birth: Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Date of Death: 29-Nov-2014

Profession: writer, poet, translator, editor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Mark Strand (April 11, 1934 – November 29, 2014) was a Canadian-born American poet, essayist and translator.
He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990 and received the Wallace Stevens Award in 2004.
Strand was a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University from 2005 until his death in 2014.