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Born in Dover, New Jersey in 1929, poet and children's book author XJ (Joseph Charles) Kennedy is known for creating engaging, humorous work that reaches.

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Joseph Charles Kennedy

Joseph Charles Kennedy Biography

X. J. Kennedy (born 21 August 1929, Dover, New Jersey, USA as Joseph Charles Kennedy) is a poet, translator, anthologist, editor, and author of children's literature and textbooks on English literature and poetry. He was long known as Joe Kennedy; but, wishing to distinguish himself from Joseph P. Kennedy, he added an "X" as his first initial. In his youth, under the name Joe Kennedy, he was an active member of science fiction fandom and published well-regarded fanzines, including Vampire (a quarterly, 1945–47) and the Vampire Annuals. He was a member of several amateur press associations, and co-founded the still-extant Spectator Amateur Press Association (SAPS). During this period he began writing science fiction for pulp magazines. Kennedy attended Seton Hall (BSc, 1950) and Columbia University (MA, 1951). After serving for four years as an enlisted journalist with the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet, he studied at the Sorbonne from 1955 to 56. Kennedy then spent the next six years pursuing a graduate degree in English at

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X. J. Kennedy

Meet X.J. Kennedy, a poet who is just as playful as he is wise! Born on August 21, 1929, as Joseph Charles Kennedy, he chose the pen name “X.J. Kennedy” to make his name stand out just like his poems do. And that’s not all; Kennedy is known not only for his delightful and thoughtful poetry for kids and adults but also as a teacher, translator, and writer of textbooks about poetry.

Childhood and Early Years

Growing up in Dover, New Jersey, Kennedy always had a love for words. As a child, he liked to read books and had a way of painting vivid, colorful scenes with words. This love for language led him to become a writer and share the magic of words with others.

Becoming a Poet

Kennedy’s path into poetry wasn’t straightforward. He went to college and studied journalism, and then joined the Navy as a journalist and photographer. But he couldn’t resist the call of poetry. He went back to college, first in France and later in Michigan, studying the fine art of crafting poems. He also became a college professor, teaching poetry at several

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X. J. Kennedy

Poet X. J. (Joseph Charles) Kennedy was born in Dover, New Jersey, on August 21, 1929. After studying at Seton Hall, Columbia University, and the University of Michigan, he served four years in the United States Navy’s Atlantic Fleet as a journalist, then attended the Sorbonne in Paris for one year in 1955. In the early 1970s, he published Counter/Measures, a magazine devoted to the use of traditional form in poetry.

Kennedy’s first collection of poetry, Nude Descending a Staircase (Doubleday, 1961), won the Lamont Poetry Selection. His other collections include

Kennedy’s other awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts grant, the Bess Hokin Prize from Poetry magazine, and a Los Angeles Times Book Award.

Kennedy is a former poetry editor of The Paris Review. He has taught at the Universities of Michigan, North Carolina (Greensboro), and California (Irvine), as well as Wellesley College, Tufts University, and the University of Leeds. He lives in Bedford, Massachusetts.