Strand

Strand, Mark, 1934-, American poet, b. Prince Edward Island, Canada. His poetry is noted for its confrontation with the surreal and irrational. His collections include Sleeping with One Eye Open (1964), Darker (1970), Selected Poems (1980), Blizzard of One (1998; Pulitzer Prize), and New Selected Poems (2007). He has also published a novel, Mr. and Mrs. Baby (1985), and has edited several distinguished poetry anthologies, including The Contemporary American Poets (1969) and Another Republic (1976). He was poet laureate of the United States (1990-91).

Strand, Paul, 1890-1976, American photographer, b. New York City. Strand studied under Lewis Hine, who introduced him to Alfred Stieglitz. At Stieglitz's famed "291" gallery, Strand had his first one-man exhibition (1916); the last two issues of Stieglitz's Camera Work (1917) were devoted to Strand's photography. His principal early subjects were Manhattan life and 20th-century machinery. In the 1920s he made his exquisitely composed landscape and nature photographs. Strand made documentary films in Mexico, the USSR, and the United States. His superb portraits of regions are reproduced in Time in New England (1950), Un Paese (1954), Tir A'Mhurain (1968, on the Hebrides), and Living Egypt (1969).

Strand, street in London, England, roughly parallel with the Thames River, running from the Temple to Trafalgar Square. It is a street of law courts, hotels, theaters, and office buildings and is the main artery between the City and the West End.

(born Oct. 16, 1890, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died March 31, 1976, Oregeval, France) U.S. photographer. He studied photography with Lewis Hine. At Hine's urging, he frequented Alfred Stieglitz's “291” gallery; the avant-garde paintings by Pablo Picasso, Paul Cézanne, and Georges Braque that he saw there led him to emphasize abstract form and pattern in his photographs, such as Wall Street (1915). He rejected soft-focus Pictorialism in favour of the minute detail and rich tonal range afforded by the use of large-format cameras. Much of his later work was devoted to North American and European scenes and landscapes. He collaborated on documentary films with Charles Sheeler and Pare Lorentz.

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(born April 11, 1934, Summerside, P.E.I., Can.) Canadian-born U.S. poet and writer of short fiction. Educated in the U.S., he taught at several American universities. His poetry, influenced by Latin American surrealism and European writers such as Franz Kafka, is known for its symbolic imagery and its minimalist sensibility. His volumes include the collections Sleeping with One Eye Open (1964), The Story of Our Lives (1973), and Blizzard of One (1998); Dark Harbor (1993), a book-length poem; and Mr. and Mrs. Baby and Other Stories (1985). He was named U.S. poet laureate in 1990.

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(born Oct. 16, 1890, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died March 31, 1976, Oregeval, France) U.S. photographer. He studied photography with Lewis Hine. At Hine's urging, he frequented Alfred Stieglitz's “291” gallery; the avant-garde paintings by Pablo Picasso, Paul Cézanne, and Georges Braque that he saw there led him to emphasize abstract form and pattern in his photographs, such as Wall Street (1915). He rejected soft-focus Pictorialism in favour of the minute detail and rich tonal range afforded by the use of large-format cameras. Much of his later work was devoted to North American and European scenes and landscapes. He collaborated on documentary films with Charles Sheeler and Pare Lorentz.

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(born April 11, 1934, Summerside, P.E.I., Can.) Canadian-born U.S. poet and writer of short fiction. Educated in the U.S., he taught at several American universities. His poetry, influenced by Latin American surrealism and European writers such as Franz Kafka, is known for its symbolic imagery and its minimalist sensibility. His volumes include the collections Sleeping with One Eye Open (1964), The Story of Our Lives (1973), and Blizzard of One (1998); Dark Harbor (1993), a book-length poem; and Mr. and Mrs. Baby and Other Stories (1985). He was named U.S. poet laureate in 1990.

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A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles along the shoreline of a body of water.

Strand or The Strand may also refer to:

Geography

• Auckland railway station, the former main railway station of Auckland, New Zealand, known as The Strand for excursion trains
• Bootle Strand, a shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside
• Strand (Friesland) Netherlands
• Strand, Norway
• Strand (island), a German island that was split into two by the Burchardi Flood of 1634
• Strand, Western Cape, South Africa
• Štrand, a beach on the Danube in Novi Sad, Serbia
• Strand Fiord Pass, a pass on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada
• Strand, London, a famous road in London
• Strand National Historic Landmark District in Galveston, Texas
• Strand Street (Cape Town), a road in Cape Town, South Africa
• The Strand (bicycle path), a pedestrian/bike path along the coast of the South Bay, Los Angeles
• The Strand Arcade, a Victorian shopping arcade in Sydney, Australia
• The Strand, Townsville, a beachside foreshore in Townsville, Australia

People

• David Strand, an American scholar of early 20th century China
• Kjetil Strand, a Norwegian handball player
• Mark Strand, an American poet
• Paul Strand, an American modernist photographer
• Richard Strand, an American linguist studying Afghanistan
• Roar Strand, a Norwegian footballer

Other

• Strand Bookstore, a famous book store in New York City.
• Strand (cigarette), a 1950s/1960s brand of tobacco notorious for its failed advertising campaign, "You're never alone with a Strand".
• Strand Lighting, a company supplying lighting equipment to the entertainment industry.
• Strand Magazine, a British monthly founded in the 1890s (named after the road in London).
• Strand (album) is an album by the Spinanes.
• Strand Cinema, art deco cinema in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• Strand (epistemology), an epistemological strand.
• Strand Home Video was formerly Strand VCI Entertainment but changed its name in 1993.
• Strand Hotel (also known as The Strand) is a colonial-style hotel in Yangon, Myanmar.
• Strand (programming language) is a parallel programming system.
• Strand Theater is a national historic landmark in Lakewood, New Jersey.
• Strand VCI Entertainment was a company specializing direct-to-video releases of children's entertainment.
• The Strand is an American Industrial band.
• The Strand was a British hard rock band that eventually evolved into the Sex Pistols.