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Philip Levine (poet)
American poet (–)
For other people named Philip Levine, see Philip Levine (disambiguation).
Philip Levine (January 10, – February 14, ) was an American poet best known for his poems about working-class Detroit.
He taught for more than thirty years in the English department of California State University, Fresno and held teaching positions at other universities as well. He served on the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets from to ,[1] and was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States for –[2][3]
Biography
Philip Levine grew up in industrial Detroit, the second of three sons and the first of identical twins of Jewish immigrant parents.
His father, Harry Levine, owned a used auto parts business,[4] his mother, Esther Priscol (Pryszkulnik) Levine, was a bookseller.[5] When Levine was five years old, his father died.[6] While growing up, he faced the anti-Semitism embodied by