Featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1932, Jeffers's major works include the Roan Stallion, Tamar and Other Poems (1925), The Women at Point Sur (1927), and a 1946 adaptation of the Greek drama Medea. Once shunned for his unpopular political views and harsh critiques of mankind's egotism, Jeffers has regained popularity in recent years as one of environmentalism's most forceful poet-advocates. UC Santa Cruz, the National Steinbeck Center, and the Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation will each receive funds to host a range of activities centering on Jeffers's life and work. Representative Sam Farr at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas to announce the grants, which are part of an NEA partnership with the Poetry Foundation to celebrate the nation's historic poetry sites.
UC Santa Cruz is one of three California organizations who received grants today from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to celebrate the poetry of Robinson Jeffers.
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