Birth Name:

Robert Hayden

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, Aug 04, 1913

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Age:

110

Zodiac Sign:

Leo

Astrology Data:

Sun

11°

Leo

43'

About Robert Hayden

Robert Hayden (August 4, 1913 – February 25, 1980) was an American poet, essayist, and educator. He served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1976 to 1978, a role today known as US Poet Laureate. He was the first African-American writer to hold the office.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Those Winter Sundays hermeneusis by ex-Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky

• Academy of American Poets listing

• About Hayden's Life And Career

• Online Selection of Poems

• Audio of Hayden's poem Soledad

• "On 'Middle Passage"":

• Poetry Foundation

• Modern American Poetry

• [1] The Hopwood Poets Revisited: Eighteen Major Award Winners;" features an original essay about Robert Hayden by his fellow-poet and faculty colleague Laurence Goldstein, recalling the impact and aftermath of Hayden's Hopwood "Major Poetry" Award at the University of Michigan.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Robert Hayden: Sun 11 Leo, Moon 12 Virgo, Mercury 11 Leo, Venus 28 Gemini, Mars 4 Gemini, Jupiter 9 Capricorn, Saturn 15 Gemini, Uranus 5 Aquarius, Neptune 26 Cancer, Pluto 0 Cancer, Sun Quincunx Jupiter, Mercury Quincunx Jupiter, Sun Sextile Saturn, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Sun Semi Square Venus, Mercury Semi Square Venus, Venus Conjunct Pluto, Mars Trine Uranus

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