When was philip levine born

You know what work is—if you're old enough to read this you know what Hello to whoever is reading this. I have recently come upon Mr. Philip Levine, and I to say the least, am impressed. I don't want to seem like a con artist, as I am only experiencing Philips because of a research essay. Finally discovered the beauty of Philip Levine's poetry in his poem, 'A Sign.

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Philip Levine — He taught for over thirty years at the English Department of California State University, Fresno and held teaching positions at other universities as well. He is appointed to serve as the Poet Laureate of the United States for — Biography Philip Levine grew up in industrial Detroit, the second of three sons and the first of identical twins of Jewish immigrant parents. His father, Harry Levine, owned a used auto parts business, his mother, Esther Priscol Prisckulnick Levine, was a bookseller.

When Levine was five years old, his father died. Growing up, he faced the anti-Semitism embodied by the pro-Hitler radio priest Father Coughlin. Levine started to work in car manufacturing plants at the age of He graduated from Detroit Central High School in and went to college at Wayne University now Wayne State University in Detroit, where he began to write poetry, encouraged by his mother, to whom he later dedicated the book of poems The Mercy.

Levine got his A. He married his first wife Patty Kanterman in The marriage lasted until In he went to the University of Iowa without registering, studying among others with poets Robert Lowell and John Berryman, the latter of which Levine called his "one great mentor".