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Mark Strand: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
First paragraph modernization. Apr 19, 2024
Anniversary information added. Apr 07, 2024
Anniversary information added. Nov 25, 2023
Invalidated site: Modern American Poetry - Biography of Mark Strand. Feb 13, 2020
He died in 2014. Nov 30, 2014
Add new Web site: Academy of American Poets - Biography of Mark Strand. May 09, 2014
Add new Web site: The Poetry Archive - Biography of Mark Strand. Aug 01, 2013
Added new Web site: Poets.org - Biography of Mark Strand. Jan 27, 2009
Added new Web site: Modern American Poetry - Biography of Mark Strand. Jan 27, 2009
Added new Web site: The Poetry Center at Smith College - Biography of Mark Strand. Jan 27, 2009
Article revised and updated. Sep 19, 2008
Article revised. Apr 19, 2002
Article revised. Jun 01, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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