Sydney Lea
Sydney Lea | |
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| Born | December 22, 1942 Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | poet, writer, editor, academic |
| Education | Yale University (BA, MA, PhD) |
| Subject | New England |
| Notable works | Pursuit of a Wound To the Bone: New and Selected Poems |
| Notable awards | Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts Poet Laureate of Vermont Poets' Prize |
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Sydney Lea (born December 22, 1942) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, editor, and professor. He was the founding editor of the New England Review and was the Poet Laureate of Vermont from 2011 to 2015. Lea's writings focus the outdoors, woods, and rural life New England and "the mysteries and teachings of the natural world."