Stanley Moss
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Stanley Moss is an American poet, publisher, and art dealer.
Moss was born in Woodhaven, New York
on June 21, 1925. He was educated at Trinity College and Yale University
. His first book of poems, The Wrong Angel, was published in 1966. He is the author of five other books of poems: The Skull of Adam (1979), The Intelligence of Clouds (1989), Asleep in the Garden (1997), A History of Color http://www.amazon.com/dp/1583224858 (2003) and New & Selected Poems 2006 http://www.amazon.com/dp/1583227547.
In 1977 Moss founded Sheep Meadow Press, a non-profit publishing company that publishes poetry and belles-lettres
, with a special focus on international poets in translation. Sheep Meadow Press has published the works of Yehuda Amichai
, Peter Cole
, and many other renowned poets.
Moss makes his living as a private art dealer, largely in Spanish and Italian Old Masters. He lives in Riverdale and Clinton Corners, New York.
Moss was born in Woodhaven, New York
Woodhaven, Queens
Woodhaven is a middle-class neighborhood located in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.Woodhaven is bordered on the north by a public park, Forest Park, and Park Lane South. Woodhaven also borders Richmond Hill to the east, and Ozone Park to the south at Atlantic Avenue...
on June 21, 1925. He was educated at Trinity College and Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. His first book of poems, The Wrong Angel, was published in 1966. He is the author of five other books of poems: The Skull of Adam (1979), The Intelligence of Clouds (1989), Asleep in the Garden (1997), A History of Color http://www.amazon.com/dp/1583224858 (2003) and New & Selected Poems 2006 http://www.amazon.com/dp/1583227547.
In 1977 Moss founded Sheep Meadow Press, a non-profit publishing company that publishes poetry and belles-lettres
Belles-lettres
Belles-lettres or belles lettres is a term that is used to describe a category of writing. A writer of belles-lettres is a belletrist. However, the boundaries of that category vary in different usages....
, with a special focus on international poets in translation. Sheep Meadow Press has published the works of Yehuda Amichai
Yehuda Amichai
Yehuda Amichai was an Israeli poet. Amichai is considered by many, both in Israel and internationally, as Israel's greatest modern poet. He was also one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew....
, Peter Cole
Peter Cole
Peter Cole is an American Jewish poet who lives in Jerusalem and New Haven.-Early life:Cole was born in 1957 in Paterson, New Jersey. He attended Williams College and Hampshire College, and moved to Jerusalem in 1981.-Literary career:...
, and many other renowned poets.
Moss makes his living as a private art dealer, largely in Spanish and Italian Old Masters. He lives in Riverdale and Clinton Corners, New York.