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And yesterday the New York City Council declared Friday, April 7th JOHN ASHBERY DAY.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
CITY HALL
NEW YORK, NY 10007
Contact: Anthony Hogrebe
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City Hall * At tomorrow's Stated Council Meeting, Speaker Christine C. Quinn will be honoring John Ashbery, one of America's most distinguished poets, with an official proclamation. The proclamation recognizes Ashbery for his literary and cultural contributions, and designates April 7th as "John Ashbery Day" in New York City.
Ashbery has won nearly every major American award for his poetry, including the Pulitzer, the Bollingen, and the National Book Award. A New York City resident for four decades, Ashbery is one of the original members of the celebrated New York school of poets, which flourished as a major avant-garde movement in the 1950s and '60s and which has many adherents and students today.
He has published more than 20 collections, beginning in 1953 with Turandot and Other Poems, and his work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He currently serves as the Charles P. Stevenson, Jr. Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College.
WHERE: Council Chambers, City Hall
WHEN: Wednesday, April 5, 2006
TIME: 1:00 PM
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