Welcome back to the fourth installment of our series inspired by Catherine Beeman, a fellow blogger, book lover, and ten-year veteran in book selling. Today, we’re shining a spotlight on Saginaw’s own, poet Theodore Roethke. For the next month, we’ll be sharing Catherine’s Michigan Monday posts.
Here’s a little taste of what we’re discussing today: https://youtu.be/aV8h3WqjN9c
Theodore Roethke, one of the most accomplished poets of his time, bagged the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1954 with his book “The Waking”. Born to a German immigrant in Saginaw, Michigan, Roethke’s birthplace is marked with a Michigan Historical Marker.
Here’s a little about Roethke: “The greenhouse “is my symbol for the whole of life, a womb, a heaven-on-earth.” Working in his family’s floral company in Saginaw shaped his worldview and his poetry. From 1941, beginning with “Open House”, he published extensively, winning a Pulitzer Prize and two National Book Awards among other accolades. In 1959, he was awarded the Bollingen Prize by Pennsylvania University. Roethke taught at several colleges before joining the University of Washington at Seattle in 1947. He passed away in 1963 and his remains rest in Saginaw’s Oakwood Cemetery.”
For the full article, head over to BooksInTheMitten and check out their post on Theodore Roethke.
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So, remember how we talked about Theodore Roethke, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet from Saginaw, Michigan? How his childhood experiences in his family’s floral company inspired his poetry? And how his work impacted not just his generation, but the entire global literary scene? Well, we just scratched the surface of his amazing life and work.
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Read more about Roethke’s life and works in our post: [Michigan monday – saginaw poet theodore roethke](https%3A%2F%2Fthumbwind.com%2F2021%2F04%2F19%2Fmichigan-monday-saginaw-poet-theodore-roethke%2F)
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Author: Michael Hardy
Excerpt: Noted author and poet Theodore Roethke was born in Saginaw Michigan. His upbringing working in greenhouses in the area shaped his work.
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