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Bookmark or Share- Philip Levine, 1928–2015 - Academy of American PoetsPhilip Levine, 1928–2015. We were deeply saddened to learn today that master poet Philip Levine has died. Phil was the 2013 Wallace Stevens Award winner and a former Academy Chancellor. read more.
- Philip Levine (poet) - WikipediaPhilip Levine (January 10, 1928 – February 14, 2015) was an American poet best known for his poems about working-class Detroit. He taught for more than thirty years in the English department of California State University, Fresno and held teaching positions at other universities as well.
- Philip Levine | Biography, Poetry & Awards | BritannicaPhilip Levine was an American poet of urban working-class life. Levine was of Russian Jewish descent. He studied at Wayne University (now Wayne State University), Detroit (B.A., 1950; M.A., 1955), and the University of Iowa (M.F.A., 1957).
- What Work Is | The Poetry FoundationPhilip Levine reads his defiantly hopeful "They Feed They Lion" and "What Work Is" with commentary by Edward Hirsch.
- Philip Levine | The Poetry FoundationPhilip Levine was one of the leading poetic voices of his generation, “a large, ironic Whitman of the industrial heartland,” according to Edward Hirsch. The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Levine was born and raised in industrial Detroit, where he began working in the auto factories at the age of 14.
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