Marshall Schact

Marshall Walter Schacht (September 23, 1905^[1] – November 21, 1956^[2]) was an American poet. He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Life

His work appeared in Poetry Magazine,^[3] the New Yorker.^[4]

He corresponded with George Davis Snell, a collge classmate,^[5] and Robert Francis.^[6]

He lived in New York City.

Awards

• Golden Rose Award
• 1949 Twayne first book contest^[7]

Works

• Fingerboard: poems.. New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc. 1949. 

Anthology

• Oscar Williams, ed (1946). A Little Treasury of Modern Poetry. New York: Scribner's. ISBN 0684414899. 
• New Poets. Prairie City, Iowa: The Press of James A. Decker. 1941. 
• Macha Louis Rosenthal, ed (1967). The new poets: American and British poetry since World War II. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195007417. 

Criticism

• "Robert P. Tristram: A review of Maine Ballads". Poetry LIII (II): 92–96. November, 1938. 

References

1. ^ http://books.google.com/books?um=1&lr=&q=SCHACHT%2C+MARSHALL+W.%2C++September+23%2C+1905%2C+and%2C&btnG=Search+Books
2. ^ http://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=Marshall+Schacht+1905+poet&btnG=Search+Books
3. ^ http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/toc.html?issue=313
4. ^ http://www.newyorker.com/search/query?query=authorName:%22Marshall%20Schacht%22
5. ^ http://library.jax.org/archives/personal_papers/snell.html
6. ^ http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/f/francis_r.htm
7. ^ Edward M. Cifelli (1998). John Ciardi. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 9781557285393. http://books.google.com/?id=_HWNsvwhRWUC&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=marshall+schact. 

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Name	Schact, Marshall
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Date of birth	September 23, 1905
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Date of death	November 21, 1956
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