WHAT: A screening of MARATHON
DATE: Thursday, April 5, 2012
TIME: 7:00 pm
PLACE: De Hoernle Lecture Hall, Lynn University,
3601 N. Military Trail, Boca Raton, FL 33431
In celebration of National Poetry Month, The Palm Beach Poetry Festival in Partnership with the William Meredith Foundation will present Marathon, a film that chronicles portions of the life of William Meredith, past United States Poet Laureate. William Meredith suffered a severe stroke but recovered and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the National Book Award and the LA Times Book Award. The screening of Marathon will be followed by a Q&A with Richard Harteis, Meredith’s partner and creator of the film.
Learn more about William Meredith on the Academy of American Poets website: — or visit the William Meredith Foundation. For a trailer of the film visit their site.
William Meredith was United States Poet Laureate 1978-1980. Born in 1919 in New York City, he graduated in 1940 from Princeton University, where he first began to write poetry. He served as a naval pilot during the Second World War and the Korean War. Meredith is the author of nine books of poetry. “Effort at Speech” won the National Book Award in 1987, and “Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems” won the Pulitzer Prize 1988.
Books and DVD will be sold following the screening of this outstanding film
Visit the Festival website for upcoming events throughout the year: www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org.
The Palm Beach Poetry Festival is presented annually in partnership with Old School Square Cultural Arts Center and graciously sponsored by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney – Windler Group of Atlanta, Palm Beach Cultural Council, Palm Beach County, The Palm Beach Post, WPBI Classical South Florida, and Murder on the Beach, the festival’s official bookseller.
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