Mark Strand (1934–2014) was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Blizzard of One (Alfred A. Knopf, 1998) won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1999. His earlier collections include Reasons for Moving (Atheneum, 1968) and Darker (Atheneum, 1970). He served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1990 to 1991. His honors include a MacArthur Fellowship and the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets. He taught at the University of Chicago and other institutions.
