About Tony Sanders
Lived 1957 – 2015 (aged 57–58). Tony Sanders was a poet.
Tony Sanders (2 May 1957 in New York City – 11 February 2015) was an American poet.
Life Born on May 2, 1957, in New York City, he was educated at Phillips Andover Academy, Yale University, The Iowa's Writer's Workshop and University of Houston. Sanders published four collections of poetry, including the collection of prose poems Subject Matters, and a collaboration of verse with his dear friend and fellow poet Chard deNiord. Sanders' poetry appeared in numerous publications including Poetry, Paris Review, The Yale Review, The Gettysburg Review and The New York Times Book Review. Ten of his poems were nominated for Pushcart Prizes.
He lived in New York City and Vermont. Sanders was a member of The National Arts Club and Poets House.
Awards 1992 Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry
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American poet
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Tony Sanders died in 2015.
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