Mathematics considered as a vice by anthony hecht

Anthony Evan Hecht
Anthony Hecht at the Iowa Writer's Workshop in 1947
Born	(1923-01-16)January 16, 1923 New York, NY
Died	October 20, 2004(2004-10-20) (aged 81)
Occupation	Poet, critic, teacher
Language	English
Education	Bard College, Kenyon College
Period	20th century
Genre	Poetry
Literary movement	Formalism
Years active	1950-2004

Anthony Evan Hecht (January 16, 1923 – October 20, 2004) was an American poet.

Hecht was born in New York City. His parents were a Jewishmiddle-classbusinessman and homemaker. He decided to become a poet when he was 17.^[1] He was a student at Bard College for three years before he was drafted into the U.

S. Army. In 1945, when he was 22, his army group freed Flossenburgconcentration camp.

Dilemma by anthony hecht

What he saw there had a large effect on his poetry.^[2]

After the war, in 1947 and 1948, he studied at Kenyon College. One of his teachers was poet John Crowe Ransom. He