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Ecopoetry is any poetry with a strong ecological or environmental emphasis or message. Many poets and poems in the past have expressed ecological concerns, but only recently has there been an established term to describe them; there is now, in English-speaking poetry, a recognisable subgenre of poetry, termed Ecopoetry, which can, on occasions, form a major strand of a writer's career ...
Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.She found inspiration for her work in nature and had a lifelong habit of solitary walks in the wild.
Other 20th century writers included American authors Edward Abbey (1927–1989), Aldo Leopold (1887–1948) and Indian author M. Krishnan (1912–1996). After World War II, other writers emerged including English teacher and naturalist Margaret Hutchinson (1904–1997), who strongly advocated for raising children as naturalists from an early age.
Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist.His early poetry has been associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance and he has been described as the "poet laureate of Deep Ecology". [2]
This is a list of American non-fiction environmental writers. Author Sex Lifespan Theme(s) Selected book Category Edward Abbey: M: 1927–1989: Various themes:
Michelle Cliff (1946–2016), Jamaican-US author of fiction, prose poems and literary criticism; Lucille Clifton (1936–2010), educator and Poet Laureate of Maryland; Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861), English poet, educationalist and assistant to Florence Nightingale
Dec. 3—Ariana Pimentel adroitly blended English and Spanish, as well as history with contemporary immigration, and her resulting poem was named a state winner for Young Georgia Authors. "I was ...
Margaret Atwood (born 1939), Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist and environmental activist; A. S. Byatt (1936–2023), English novelist and poet; Neriman Cahit (born 1937), Turkish Cypriot poet, author and prominent women's rights advocate; Diana Chang (1934–2009), Chinese American novelist and poet