Anthony Hecht
Anthony Hecht
Anthony Evan Hechtwas an American poet. His work combined a deep interest in form with a passionate desire to confront the horrors of 20th century history, with the Second World War, in which he fought, and the Holocaust being recurrent themes in his work...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth16 January 1923
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
children age world
Children know from a remarkably early age that things are being kept from them, that grown-ups participate in a world of mysteries.
children parent masonic
Mysteries, like the Masonic rites, are ones parents and elders are sworn not to reveal to the uninitiated, which include all children. And so we sought for signs.
children strange should
It doesnt seem to me strange that children should like the macabre, the sensational, and the forbidden.
children
It doesn't seem to me strange that children should like the macabre, the sensational, and the forbidden.