Person Detail: Chester Simon Kallman

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General Information:
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.