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Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012)February 1, 2012
—It is with profound sadness that we announce that brilliant poet and visual artist Dorothea Tanning, author of A Table of Content and Coming to That, passed away in her sleep last night. She was 101 years old. "Artist, Once" from Coming to That. Copyright © 2011 by Dorothea Tanning.
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By Fanny Howe “[The Winter Sun] is full of wondering, noticing and empathetic efforts to weave connections between events and individuals and the cultures they inhabit.” —LOS ANGELES TIMES
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By Per Petterson Direct from Norway: A brilliant novel of lost innocence from the author of the international bestseller Out Stealing Horses and “a master storyteller” (Newsweek) |
By Jan Zita Grover "Grover writes movingly of the North Country in the fine tradition of Sigurd Olson and Aldo Leopold. Hers is a voice to be listened to, and, frankly, she is one of the most gifted new writers to come along in years." —John Murray |
By Venus Khoury-Ghata and Marilyn Hacker The new collection by Lebanese poet Vénus Khoury-Ghata, author of She Says, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award |
By Stephen Burt “For newcomers, it will be a guidebook; for experienced readers, Burt offers what may be the first concentrated statement explaining how and why we, consumers and writers of contemporary poetry, read.” —TIME OUT NEW YORK
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"All of us at Graywolf Press note with sadness the death of Dorothea Tanning," said senior editor Jeffrey Shotts. "We are honored to have published her two poetry books, the first of which was published when she was 94 and the second of which was published just last fall when she turned 101. As she herself remarked, with her usual wry self-awareness, she was 'the oldest emerging poet.' The fact that she could have such an illustrious career as a visual artist and, so late in that career, then turn to poetry with such forceful craft and signature imagination is a triumph of her unparalleled vision and indomitable spirit. Working with her over two books has been one of the greatest delights of my career as an editor. Knowing her these last ten years will remain one of the signposts of my life. She is missed."