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 0-684-41489-9.
• 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 0-19-500741-7.

Criticism

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

References

1. "SCHACHT%2C MARSHALL W.%2C September 23%2C 1905%2C and%2C - Google Search". books.google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
2. "Marshall Schacht 1905 poet - Google Search". books.google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
3. "October 1938 : Poetry Magazine". www.poetryfoundation.org. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
4. "Search". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
5. http://library.jax.org/archives/personal_papers/snell.html
6. "Robert Francis Papers An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University". library.syr.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
7. Edward M. Cifelli (1998). John Ciardi. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-1-55728-539-3.