George Starbuck is an American neo-formalist poet and professor born in Columbus, Ohio in June 15, 1931. He is known for his poem "On an Urban Battlefield" and for his poetry collections The Argot Merchant Disaster and Elegy in a Country Church Yard. He has won several awards for his work, including the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize and the Yale Series of Younger Poets Honor. His net worth is estimated to be $2.1 billion.
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💰 Net worth: $2.1 billion (2024)
About
American neo-formalist poet and professor known for the poem "On an Urban Battlefield" and for such poetry collections as The Argot Merchant Disaster and Elegy in a Country Church Yard. His literary awards include the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize and the Yale Series of Younger Poets Honor.
Before Fame
He studied at the University of California-Berkeley, Harvard University, the University of Chicago, the California Institute of Technology, and the American Academy in Rome.
Trivia
He referred to his formal writing style as "SLABS" ("Standard Length and Breadth Sonnets").
Family Life
He was born in Columbus, Ohio, and he died in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was the father of one daughter and four sons.
Associated With
He and Sam Greenlee were literary contemporaries.
