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Full Name: Chester Simon Kallman
Biography:
(1921-1975) Poet, librettist. Chester Kallman was born in Brooklyn, New York, and lived most of his life in New York. He was known for his collaborations with W. H. Auden and Igor Stravinsky.
Author's Timeline:
1921 Kings County
Chester Simon Kallman was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1921. 
1975 (Unknown) County
Chester Kallman died in Athens, Greece, in 1975. 
1956 (Unknown) County
Storm At Castelfranco
(Pub: New York: Grove Press. ISBN: )
Collection of poetry. 
1941 Kings County
Kallman received a bachellor of arts degree from Brooklyn College in 1941. 
1963 (Unknown) County
Absent and Present
(Pub: Middletown: Wesleyan University Press. ISBN: )
Collection of poetry. 
1971 (Unknown) County
The Sense of Occasion
(Pub: New York: George Braziller. ISBN: )
Collection of poetry. 
1951 (Unknown) County
The Rake's Progress
(Pub: New York: Boosey & Hawkes. ISBN: )
Libretto; written with W. H. Auden for music by Igor Stravinsky. 
1961 (Unknown) County
Elegy for Young Lovers
(Pub: Mainz: B. Schott's Sohne. ISBN: )
Libretto; written with W. H. Auden for music by Hans Werner Henze. 
1966 (Unknown) County
The Bassarids
(Pub: Mainz: B. Schott's Sohne. ISBN: )
Libretto; written with W. H. Auden for music by Hans Werner Henze. 
1973 (Unknown) County
Love's Labour's Lost
(Pub: Berlin: Bote & Bock. ISBN: )
Libretto based on Shakespeare's play; written with W. H. Auden for music by Nicolas Nabokov. 
1953 (Unknown) County
The Tuscan Players
Libretto for music by Carlos Chavez. 
1951 (Unknown) County
An Elegy
(Pub: New York: Tibor de Nagy Gallery ISBN: )
Pamphlet poem. 
1953 (Unknown) County
Delia, or A Masque of Night
(Pub: Botteghe Oscure XII ISBN: )
Libretto; written with W. H. Auden. 
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