Armand Schwerner

Armand Schwerner (1927 – February 4, 1999) was an avant-garde Jewish-American poet. His most famous work, Tablets,[1] is a series of poems which claim to be reconstructions of ancient Sumero-Akkadian inscriptions, complete with lacunae and "untranslatable" words.[2]

Schwerner was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and his family moved to the United States when he was nine years old. He attended Columbia University (B.A. 1950, M.A. 1964) and taught at universities in the New York City area until his retirement in 1998.[1]

References

1. Bruckner, D.J.R. (February 9, 1999). "Armand Schwerner, 71, Poet Who Performed His Dialogues". The New York Times. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
2. "Armand Schwerner". Station Hill Press. Retrieved June 26, 2019.

External links

• Estate of Armand Schwerner (2006). "Armand Schwerner". PennSound. University of Pennsylvania.
• Finkelstein, Norman (October 1999). "Armand Schwerner". Jacket Magazine (10).
• Gingerich, Willard (September–October 1995). "Armand Schwerner: An interview". American Poetry Review. 28 (5). Archived from the original on 2006-06-27.
• Schwerner, Adam; Heller, Michael (2004). "Armand Schwerner: A Brief Survey". GRIST On-Line.
• Special Collections & Archives (2016). "Armand Schwerner Papers, 1945–1999 (MSS 0485)". UC San Diego Library.
• Zawacki, Andrew (October–November 2000). "Review: The Tablets". Boston Review.