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John Ashbery

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John Ashbery in 2007

John Lawrence Ashbery (28 Juli 1927- 3 September 2017) botiya tawu ngota penyair wawu kritikus sastra ta masahuru to Amerika. Lokuliah to Harvard wawu Columba, tiyo ma loluladu 26 volume puisis ngohilaya'o 60 taawunu wawu maa lo'ohama ngope'e nga'amila penghargaan uda'a to Amerika, wayitiyo Pulitzer to taawunu 1976, hadiah Bollingen wawu Lenore Marshall to taawunu 1984 ode koleksi Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror and A Wave.

  • There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.
    • Woluwp bibilohu bahwa pusisi yito musi mowali mopo'opiyohu tutumulunto. To delomo pikirangi lowatiya utiye ma hepopohumayawa limongoliyo wolo Salvation Army.
      • International Herald Tribune (Paris, October 2, 1989) The Columbia World of Quotations, 1996.


  • "Did I say that? One says so many things, and the problem is they all get written down."
    • Watiya lopolele odito? Tawu ngota lobisala ngohuntuwa da'a, wawu masa'alaliyo utiya nga;amila ma tiluladu.
      • (In response to the question "Why do you call yourself anti-art?," Bard College, 2005)