Billy Collins Libros Populares

Billy Collins Biografía y Hechos

William James Collins, conocido artísticamente como Billy Collins (Nueva York, 22 de marzo de 1941),[1]​ es un poeta estadounidense, designado como Poeta Laureado de los Estados Unidos entre 2001 y 2003. El New York Times lo ha descrito como "el poeta más popular de América".[2]​ Biografía Collins nació en Manhattan y creció entre Queens y White Plains. Sus padres, William y Katherine Collins, provenían de familias irlandesas y canadienses, respectivamente. Según el propio poeta, su afán lírico proviene por vía materna, pues Katherine Collins solía recitarle versos cuando apenas era un niño, lo cual despertaría en él una temprana pasión por las palabras. Billy Collins estudió en el instituto Archbishop Stepinac High School, en White Plains, y luego se licenció en Lengua y Literatura Inglesa en el College of the Holly Cross en 1963. Cursó un máster y los estudios de doctorado (con especialidad en poesía romántica) en la Universidad de California, Riverside. Allí conoció al profesor Robert Peters, poeta y estudioso de la literatura victoriana. También en esa época acusó la influencia de la Generación Beat y de poetas contemporáneos como Reed Whittemore, Howard Nemerov y Karl Shapiro. Collins ha sido profesor en el Leham College desde 1968, y allí ha desempeñado su labor investigadora en el CUNY Institute for Irish-American Studies, donde también imparte seminarios de poesía. Como poeta, no solo divulga su obra desde la escritura, sino también desde la performance. Entre 2013 y 2015 colaboró con la cantante Aimee Mann en un tour que aunaba música y poesía en formato conversacional. También ha colaborado con Paul Simon en cuatro ocasiones desde 2008, y ha presentado una TED Talk, Everyday moments, caught in time (2012). El 6 de septiembre de 2002 leyó en público, en una sesión especial en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos, su poema The Names, dedicado a la memoria de las víctimas de los atentados del 11-S.[3]​ Su poema Fishing on the Susquehanna in July[4]​ ha sido incorporado en el registro literario nativo americano de los Estados Unidos como un importante bien cultural. Billy Collins ha recibido numerosas becas de creación, como la concedida por National Endowment for the Arts, la de la Fundación para las Artes de Nueva York y la de la Fundación John Simon Guggenheim (en 1993). En 1977 Collins se casó con Diane Olbright, con quien se trasladó a Westchester County (actualmente se encuentran divorciados). En 2008, Collins optó por mudarse a Winter Park, Florida, con su prometida Suzananah Gilman. Se casaron el 21 de julio de 2019 en Southampton. Estilo Sus poemas tienden hacia un estilo conversacional, al mismo tiempo que ofrecen ingeniosos juegos de palabras e ironías que acercan al lector a la reflexión y observación del aspecto más trascendental de la cotidianidad.[5]​ John Taylor ha comentado que “rara vez se han escrito poemas en apariencia tan transparentes pero que se revelan como ambiguos, provocadores y astutos cuando el lector penetra en sus profundidades". También Richard Howard ha señalado 'la voz indiscutiblemente americana' de Collins, "tanto que se reconoce inmediatamente como un producto instantáneo, si bien posee una verdadera validez oculta, pues lleva el verso hasta sus últimas consecuencias". Obras Pokerface (1977) Video Poems (1980) The Apple That Astonished Paris (1988) Questions About Angels (1991) The Art of Drowning (1995) Picnic, Lightning (1998) Questions About Angels (1999) Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes (2000) Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems (2001) Nine Horses (2002) The Trouble with Poetry (2005) She Was Just Seventeen (2006) Ballistics (2008) Horoscopes for the Dead (2011) Aimless Love (2013) Voyage (2014) The Rain in Portugal (2016) Traducciones en español Navegando a solas por la habitación (2007), Barcelona, DVD Ediciones, trad. Eduardo Moga Lo malo de la poesía y otros poemas (2007), Madrid, Bartleby Editores Poemas (2019), Granada, Valparaíso Ediciones, trad. Juan José Vélez Otero Siete elefantes de pie bajo la lluvia / Antología de poemas de Aimless Love (2019), Barcelona, Godall Edicions, trad. Marta Ana Diz. Set elefants drets sota la pluja (edición en catalán) Antología de poemas de Aimless Love (2019), Barcelona, Godall Edicions, trad. Jaume Subirana. Referencias. Descubre los libros populares de Billy Collins. Encuentra los 100 libros más populares de Billy Collins

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  • The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics sinopsis y comentarios

    The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics

    Dr David Nelson

    The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics takes in all branches of pure and applied mathematics, from algebra to mechanics and from number theory to statistics. Invaluable for students...

  • Poetry of Grief, Gratitude, and Reverence sinopsis y comentarios

    Poetry of Grief, Gratitude, and Reverence

    John Brehm

    A new anthology from the editor of the bestselling Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy.Signposts on a journey through the darkest and brightest moments of our lives, the p...

  • Life Is a Wheel sinopsis y comentarios

    Life Is a Wheel

    Bruce Weber

    Life Is a Wheel chronicles the crosscountry bicycle trip Bruce Weber made at the age of fiftyseven, an “entertaining travel story filled with insightful thoughts about life, family...

  • Withdrawn Traces sinopsis y comentarios

    Withdrawn Traces

    Sara Hawys Roberts & Leon Noakes

    New discoveries and a fresh perspective, with unprecedented access to Richey's personal archiveOn 1 February 1995, Richey Edwards, guitarist of the Manic Street Preachers, went mis...

  • The Best of the Best American Poetry sinopsis y comentarios

    The Best of the Best American Poetry

    David Lehman & Harold Bloom

    Every year since 1988 a major poet has selected seventyfive poems for publication in The Best American Poetry. The series has quickly grown in both sales and prestige, as poetry it...

  • The Book of Pet Love and Loss sinopsis y comentarios

    The Book of Pet Love and Loss

    Sara Bader

    A powerful collection of quotations by writers, leaders, and legends on the pain of losing a pet and overcoming grief.An animal’s love is deep, uncomplicated, unconditional, and fo...

  • Water, Water sinopsis y comentarios

    Water, Water

    Billy Collins

    From the former Poet Laureate of the United States and New York Times bestselling author of Aimless Love comes a wondrous new collection of poems focused on the joys and mysteries ...

  • My Unapologetic Diaries sinopsis y comentarios

    My Unapologetic Diaries

    Joan Collins

    'As brutal, withering and funny as you'd expect' Julian Clary'A rollicking read, packed with wit and oldschool glamour' Sunday Telegraph'Fabulously entertaining, impossibly glamoro...

  • The Trouble with Poetry sinopsis y comentarios

    The Trouble with Poetry

    Billy Collins

    Playfulness, spare elegance, and wit epitomize the poetry of Billy Collins. With his distinct voice and accessible language, America’s twoterm Poet Laureate has opened the door to ...

  • It's Not My Fault sinopsis y comentarios

    It's Not My Fault

    Joshua Shifrin & Peter Bodo

    In It's Not My Fault, author Joshua Shifrin helps tennis players make sense of their most monumental losses on the court. The next time a player goes down in defeat, he or she can ...

  • Horoscopes for the Dead sinopsis y comentarios

    Horoscopes for the Dead

    Billy Collins

    WINNERBEST POETRYGOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS   NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NEWSWEEK/THE DAILY BEASTNATIONAL BESTSELLER Billy Collins is widely acknowledged a...

  • How to Read a Poem: Based on the Billy Collins Poem "Introduction to Poetry" sinopsis y comentarios

    How to Read a Poem: Based on the Billy Collins Poem "Introduction to Poetry"

    Tania Runyan

    How to read a poem. A lot of books want to teach you just that. How is this one different? Think of it less as an instructional book and more as an invitation.For the reader new to...

  • The Best American Poetry 2006 sinopsis y comentarios

    The Best American Poetry 2006

    Billy Collins

    "So welcome, readers, to a plurality of poets, a cornucopia of tropes, and a range of interests." From Billy Collins's introduction The Best American Poetry series offers a dist...

  • The Rain in Portugal sinopsis y comentarios

    The Rain in Portugal

    Billy Collins

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins comes a twelfth collection of poetry offering over fifty new poems that showcase the generosity, wit, and im...

  • Changeling sinopsis y comentarios

    Changeling

    Mike Oldfield

    Born without social instincts many people take for granted, brought up in a troubled environment and possessed with an extraordinary musical talent, Mike Oldfield was thrust into t...

  • Eve of Man: Book 3 sinopsis y comentarios

    Eve of Man: Book 3

    Giovanna Fletcher & Tom Fletcher

    PREORDER THE FINAL BOOK IN THE BESTSELLING EVE OF MAN TRILOGY BY BESTSELLING AUTHORS GIOVANNA AND TOM FLETCHER Fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent and The Handmaid's Tale love thi...

  • Orlando sinopsis y comentarios

    Orlando

    Virginia Woolf

    Virginia Woolf's most unusual and fantastic creation, a funny, exuberant tale that examines the very nature of sexuality. WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY PETER ACKROYD AND MARGARET REYNOLDS...

  • Superstar DJs Here We Go! sinopsis y comentarios

    Superstar DJs Here We Go!

    Dom Phillips

    "It was about larging it. It was about pulling out a wad of 20s when you were buying your champagne at the bar. It was about buying your cocaine in an eight ball. It was about wear...

  • Answering Back sinopsis y comentarios

    Answering Back

    Professor Carol Ann Duffy DBE

    Carol Ann Duffy has invited fifty of her peers to choose and respond to a poem from the past. With upandcoming poets alongside more established names, and original poems alongside ...

  • The Modern Element: Essays on Contemporary Poetry sinopsis y comentarios

    The Modern Element: Essays on Contemporary Poetry

    Adam Kirsch

    A collection of bold, insightful, and controversial essays by “a poetry critic of the very first order” (New York Times). Over the last ten years, through essays in The New Republi...

  • The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy sinopsis y comentarios

    The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy

    John Brehm

    Over 125 poetic companions, from Basho to Billy Collins, Saigyo to Shakespeare.The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy received the Spirituality & Practice Book A...

  • The Unwilling sinopsis y comentarios

    The Unwilling

    Kelly Braffet

    Perfect for fans of Naomi Novik, Robin Hobb and Sarah J. Maas She has no name and no history, but she has a power greater than the Empire has ever known. Thanks to her special gift...

  • Musical Tables sinopsis y comentarios

    Musical Tables

    Billy Collins

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the former United States Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author of Aimless Love, a collection of more than 125 small poems, all of them new, ...

  • The Best American Poetry 2012 sinopsis y comentarios

    The Best American Poetry 2012

    David Lehman & Mark Doty

    Mark Doty brings the vitality and imagination that illuminate his own work to his selections for the twentyfifth volume in the Best American Poetry series. He has chosen poems of h...

  • Third Rail sinopsis y comentarios

    Third Rail

    Jonathan Wells

    "The poets who fill these pages have come to testify, to bear witness to the mysterious power of Rock and Roll. from the Foreword by Bono "The thread or the theme That holds this...

  • Rain Gods sinopsis y comentarios

    Rain Gods

    James Lee Burke

    “America’s best novelist” (The Denver Post) brings back one of his most fascinating charactersTexas sheriff Hackberry Holland, cousin to lawman Billy Bob Hollandin this heartpoundi...

  • Aimless Love sinopsis y comentarios

    Aimless Love

    Billy Collins

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“America’s favorite poet.”The Wall Street JournalFrom the twoterm Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins comes his first volume of new and select...

  • Behind The Shoulder Pads - Tales I Tell My Friends sinopsis y comentarios

    Behind The Shoulder Pads - Tales I Tell My Friends

    Joan Collins

    'The stories, the gossip, the glamour! Discover it all and more' Woman & Home'[A] hugely engaging and riveting memoir' The Lady'Unstoppable, a veritable living legend' Daily Ma...

  • The Little Green Book of Tennis Wisdom sinopsis y comentarios

    The Little Green Book of Tennis Wisdom

    Julie Ganz

    The Little Green Book of Tennis Wisdom celebrates the beloved lifelong sport of tennis. From New York to Roland Garros, London, Australia, and everywhere in between, fans from all ...

  • The Best American Erotic Poems sinopsis y comentarios

    The Best American Erotic Poems

    David Lehman

    There is a deep tradition of eroticism in American poetry. Thoughtful, provocative, moving, and sometimes mirthful, the poems collected in The Best American Erotic Poems celebrate ...

  • New and Selected Poems sinopsis y comentarios

    New and Selected Poems

    David Lehman

    A major collection of poems from one of our most accomplished poets, the prominent man of letters behind The Best American Poetry series.Drawing from a wealth of material produced ...

  • How to Write a Poem: Based on the Billy Collins Poem sinopsis y comentarios

    How to Write a Poem: Based on the Billy Collins Poem

    Tania Runyan

    Is it possible to teach someone how to write a poem? Or does poetry simply “come from the heart” or from a special talent only some can ever hope to have?Of course there’s no formu...

  • One Two Another sinopsis y comentarios

    One Two Another

    Tim Burgess

    A Rough Trade Book of the Year 'From lists to experiences and stories, there are no rules. A good song is a good song whoever writes it and however the writing happens.'Over the pa...

  • The Lives of Brian sinopsis y comentarios

    The Lives of Brian

    Brian Johnson

    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTouching, personal, indomitable, but always laughoutloud funny, The Lives of Brian is the legendary story of one of the rock world's bestloved performers...

  • Fever sinopsis y comentarios

    Fever

    Mary Beth Keane

    From the bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes, a novel about the woman known as “Typhoid Mary,” who becomes, “in Keane’s assured hands…a sympathetic, complex, and even inspiring ch...

  • Whale Day sinopsis y comentarios

    Whale Day

    Billy Collins

    A wondrous collection from Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author of The Rain in Portugal “The poems are marked by his characteristic h...

  • Eat This Poem sinopsis y comentarios

    Eat This Poem

    Nicole Gulotta

    A literary cookbook that celebrates food and poetry, two of life's essential ingredients.In the same way that salt seasons ingredients to bring out their flavors, poetry seaso...

  • How to Read Poetry Like a Professor sinopsis y comentarios

    How to Read Poetry Like a Professor

    Thomas C. Foster

    From the bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes this essential primer to reading poetry like a professor that unlocks the keys to enjoying works from L...

  • A Study Guide for Billy Collins's "The Afterlife" sinopsis y comentarios

    A Study Guide for Billy Collins's "The Afterlife"

    The Gale Group

    A study guide for Billy Collins's "The Afterlife", excerpted from The Gale Group's acclaimed Poetry for Students series. Designed with busy students in mind, this concise study gui...

  • Ballistics sinopsis y comentarios

    Ballistics

    Billy Collins

    In this moving and playful collection, Billy Collins touches on an array of subjectslove, death, solitude, youth, and agingdelving deeper than ever before into the intricate folds ...

  • Sailing Alone Around the Room sinopsis y comentarios

    Sailing Alone Around the Room

    Billy Collins

    Sailing Alone Around the Room, by America’s Poet Laureate, Billy Collins, contains both new poems and a generous gathering from his earlier collections The Apple That Astonished Pa...

  • The Best American Poetry 2009 sinopsis y comentarios

    The Best American Poetry 2009

    David Wagoner

    Awardwinning poet David Wagoner and renowned editor David Lehman present the 2009 edition of Best American Poetry"a ‘best’ anthology that really lives up to its title" (Chicago Tri...