The Resume

(March 1, 1917-September 12, 1977)
Wrote in the 'American Confessionalist' style Wrote 'Land of Unlikeness (1944),' 'Lord Weary's Castle (1946)' and 'Life Studies (1959)'

Why he might be annoying:

He was institutionalized 20 times for craziness.
He described his mental state as 'a magical orange grove in a nightmare.'
As a high-school student, he would assign his friends reading lists for summer break.
He protested the war effort during World War II.
He went to jail for refusing to serve in the military.
He chummed around with political big-shots like Jackie and Bobby Kennedy.
He used his ex-wife's private letters in his poems, which pissed people off.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was aware of his mental problems, and used them to make good poetry.
While institutionalized, he was given shock therapy, which can't be fun.
Sylvia Plath was one of his students.
He died of a heart attack while taking a taxi.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Poets
• Guggenheim Fellowship Grant Recipients
• I am a New Englander
• I Attended Harvard
• I Attended Truman Capote's Black and White Ball [November 28, 1966]
• I Died in 1977 (Ranked: 60)
• I Died in a Car
• I Fathered Children Out of Wedlock
• I Had Shock Treatment [Electroconvulsive Therapy]
• I'm Depressed [Reportedly Manic/Bi-polar]
• Look at Me, I'm on the Cover of Time
• Look at My Magazine Cover
• Patients at McLean Psychiatric Hospital
• Poets
• Profiles 16751-17000 (Ranked: 16845)
• They Might Be Giants References
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19770912)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 8]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 21 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 32 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 56 Votes: 78.57% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 105 Votes: 60.95% Annoying