[PAR] [TLE] Girls on the Run (poem) [SEP] Girls on the Run is a long poem by the American writer John Ashbery, published in its own volume in 1999.  The narrative centers on a group of girls known as the Vivians, who try to create an ideal world for themselves.  The poem was inspired by the works of Henry Darger, a Chicago-based outsider artist who, among other things, collected street waste, compiled various catalogues, made paintings featuring girls with erected penises, and wrote a massive fantasy novel. [PAR] [TLE] John Ashbery [SEP] John Lawrence Ashbery (July 28, 1927 – September 3, 2017) was an American poet.  He published more than twenty volumes of poetry and won nearly every major American award for poetry, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his collection "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror".  Renowned for its postmodern complexity and opacity, Ashbery's work still proves controversial.  Ashbery stated that he wished his work to be accessible to as many people as possible, and not to be a private dialogue with himself.  At the same time, he once joked that some critics still view him as "a harebrained, homegrown surrealist whose poetry defies even the rules and logic of Surrealism."
[PAR] [TLE] Girls on the Run ( poem ) [ SEP ] Girls on the Run is a long poem by the American writer John Ashbery , published in its own volume in 1999 . The narrative centers on a group of girls known as the Vivians , who try to create an ideal world for themselves . The poem was inspired by the works of Henry Darger , a Chicago - based outsider artist who , among other things , collected street waste , compiled various catalogues , made paintings featuring girls with erected penises , and wrote a massive fantasy novel . [PAR] [TLE] John Ashbery [ SEP ] John Lawrence Ashbery ( July 28 , 1927 – September 3 , 2017 ) was an American poet . He published more than twenty volumes of poetry and won nearly every major American award for poetry , including a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his collection " Self - Portrait in a Convex Mirror " . Renowned for its postmodern complexity and opacity , Ashbery 's work still proves controversial . Ashbery stated that he wished his work to be accessible to as many people as possible , and not to be a private dialogue with himself . At the same time , he once joked that some critics still view him as " a harebrained , homegrown surrealist whose poetry defies even the rules and logic of Surrealism . "
When the author of a poem about a group of girls called the Vivians pass away?
When the author of a poem about a group of girls called the Vivians pass away ?
September 3, 2017
September 3, 2017