Mark Strand (born 11 April 1934) is a Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990. Since 2005–06, he has been a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
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“There mark what ills the scholar’s life assail,
Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the gaol.”
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“Ink runs from the corners of my mouth.
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