As per our current Database, Hayden Carruth has been died on Sep 29, 2008 (age 87).
When Hayden Carruth die, Hayden Carruth was 87 years old.
| Popular As | Hayden Carruth |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Age | 87 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | August 3, 1921 (Connecticut) |
| Birthday | August 3 |
| Town/City | Connecticut |
| Nationality | Connecticut |
Hayden Carruth’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Hayden Carruth was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
American poet, Editor, and 1996 recipient of the National Book Award in poetry for Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey. His other literary works include Dark World, If You Call This Cry a Song, and Asphalt Georgics.
He studied at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and at the University of Chicago. He published his first poetry collection, The Crow and the Heart, in 1959.
His poems were infused with hints of the blues, jazz, and radical politics.
He married fellow poet Joe-Anne McLaughlin Carruth. The couple settled in New York.
He taught at Syracuse University, where he was a professor and mentor to poet Allen Hoey.
