num_pages: 417
description: Interviews, letters, and unpublished papers inform a biography of Schwartz that follows him from his Washington Heights childhood, through his college years and literary successes, to his death in a midtown Manhattan hotel
language: English
title: Delmore Schwartz : The Life of an American Poet
titlecomplete: Delmore Schwartz : The Life of an American Poet
characters: Delmore Schwartz
genres: Biography, Memoir, Poetry
ratings_count: 78
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Biography and Autobiography
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux