Poet and art critic. Born in Rochester, new york. 1949 graduated from Harvard University, and 195 1 obtained a master's degree from Columbia University. 1955- 1957 was sent to work in France as a French literature expert of the Fulbright Foundation of the United States, and wrote many articles commenting on the French avant-garde novelist Raymond Russell. From 1958 to 1965, he served as an art critic for the European edition of the New York Herald Tribune, and wrote articles about European art exhibitions for American Art News and Zurich World Art magazine. 1965 returned to new york as the executive editor of Art News. 1972, Professor of English Writing, Brooklyn College, Art editor, new york Magazine. Ashberry's artistic attainments directly influenced his poetry creation. Together with Frank O 'Hara, Kenneth Cork and James skyler, he was called "new york School" poet, because they were interested in new york School abstract painters in the 1940s and 1950s, hoping to transplant their strength and skills into their own poetry creation. Ashberry's main poetry collections include Several Trees (1956), Poems (1960), Tennis Court Oath (1962), Streams and Mountains (1965) and Two Dreams in Spring. From 65438 to 0975, he published a new collection of poems, Self-portrait in the Convex Mirror, which caused a sensation in the literary world and won three most important American literary awards: Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, National Book Award and National Book Award. Influenced by French surrealism, Ashberry did not describe the appearance of reality in his poetry creation, but tried to enter the most distant field of consciousness.
When talking about his own works, Ashberry once said, "I think every work of mine can be regarded as a snapshot of my thoughts at a certain moment." His poems are as varied as mercury, with great attention jumping, and he often records some sudden thoughts, which are not coherent at all. Many of his poems are very experimental, and some of them can't be explained at all Sometimes it has a strong lyrical atmosphere, and at the same time it reveals unfathomable mystery.