Birth Name:

Theodore Roethke

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, May 25, 1908

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Saginaw, Michigan, United States

Age:

116

Zodiac Sign:

Gemini

Astrology Data:

Sun

4°

Gem

5'

About Theodore Roethke

Theodore Huebner Roethke (/ˈrɛtki/ RET-kee; May 25, 1908 – August 1, 1963) was an American poet. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation, having won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1954 for his book The Waking, and the annual National Book Award for Poetry on two occasions: in 1959 for Words for the Wind, and posthumously in 1965 for The Far Field. His work was characterized by its introspection, rhythm and natural imagery.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Theodore Roethke at Find a Grave

• Friends of Roethke page

• The short film In a Dark Time (1964) is available for free download at the Internet Archive.

• Brief biography at Washington State History

• "Theodore Roethke Remembered"

• "Theodore Roethke Michigan's Poet" by Linda Robinson Walker at Michigan Today (Summer 2001)

• Roethke at the Modern American Poetry Site

• "Salvaged Poems of Theodore Roethke: recollected by an old friend" ArtsEditor.com

• Brief profile at PBS

• Roethke Memorial Poetry Readings at University of Washington

• "Roethke's Revisions And The Tone Of 'My Papa's Waltz'"

• Stanley Kunitz on his friend Theodore Roethke

• Theodore Roethke Family Photograph Collection, University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Theodore Roethke: Sun 4 Gemini, Moon 9 Aries, Mercury 23 Gemini, Venus 15 Cancer, Mars 2 Cancer, Jupiter 8 Leo, Saturn 7 Aries, Uranus 16 Capricorn, Neptune 13 Cancer, Pluto 23 Gemini, Sun Sextile Jupiter, Sun Sextile Saturn, Sun Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Mercury Semi Square Jupiter, Mercury Conjunct Pluto, Venus Opposition Uranus, Venus Conjunct Neptune, Jupiter Trine Saturn, Jupiter Semi Square Pluto, Uranus Opposition Neptune

Categories related to Theodore Roethke: Harvard University alumni, American people of German descent, May 25 births, 20th-century American poets, Michigan, Pennsylvania State University faculty, University of Washington faculty, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni, National Book Award winners, Poets from Michigan, Formalist poets, Writers from Seattle, Postmodern writers, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winners, People from Saginaw, Lafayette College faculty, 1908 births, Bollingen Prize recipients, 1963 deaths