Pitt Poetry Series - History

History

The Pitt Poetry Series was established in 1968 by press director Frederick A. Hetzel and press editor Paul Zimmer. The Series received initial funding through the A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust and its president Theodore L. Hazlett, via the agency of the International Poetry Forum and its director, Samuel Hazo. From the mid-1970s to the present many volumes have been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

During its entire history the Pitt Poetry Series has had only two general editors: Paul Zimmer (1968-1978) and Ed Ochester (1979 to the present).

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