With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Hyam Plutzik
Education/Curation, Poetry
1911 – 1962
Important themes throughout Plutzik’s poetry include Jewish identity, nature, history and time. His work was included in the 1963 anthology “Five American Poets.”
- Biography/Description of Work
As a child, Plutzik lived in Southbury and Bristol, and spoke Yiddish, Russian and Hebrew at home. An avid reader, Plutzik attended Trinity College on scholarship, majoring in English. A short story and poems that he wrote were published in the college literary magazine, ‘The Trinity Tablet.’ After his 1932 graduation, he continued his studies at Yale, and in 1933 won the Yale Poetry Award for ‘The Three,’ and again in 1941 for ‘Death at the Purple Rim.’ Plutzik served in the army during World War II, after which he taught in the English Department at the University of Rochester. He did not return to Connecticut, but continued to publish poems throughout his career.
- Sources view
- Wikipedia. [ http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/hyam-plutzik ] [ https://www.rochester.edu/College/ENG/plutzik/ ] Lehman, Eric D. and Amy Nawrocki. 2014 Literary Connecticut. Charleston: The History Press.
- Associated Resource(s)
- n/a