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But after a news conference publicizing the book, interest exploded In the summer of 2001, Stepanek nearly died from uncontrollable bleeding in his throat and spent five months at Children's National "My life mission is to spread peace to the world Some of it was really good," he said Tuesday " VSP Books printed 200 copies of "Heartsongs" to be handed out to friends " "It's our inner beauty, our message, the songs in our hearts," he said in an interview with The Associated Press in November 2001 "His example made people want to reach for the best within themselves Stepanek died at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D htm mattieonline " Stepanek, of Rockville, had dysautonomic mitochondrial myopathy, a genetic disease that impaired his heart rate, breathing, blood pressure and digestion, and caused muscle weakness "Heartsongs" went on to sell more than 500,000 copies In his short life, the tireless Stepanek wrote five volumes of poetry that sold millions of copies Stepanek and his mother had sent the book to dozens of New York publishers, all of whom rejected it, according to Peter Barnes of VSP Publishers com/index He wrote four other books: "Journey Through Heartsongs," "Hope Through Heartsongs," "Celebrate Through Heartsongs" and "Loving Through Heartsongs He rolled around his home in a wheelchair he nicknamed "Slick," and relied on a feeding tube, a ventilator and frequent blood transfusions to stay alive When it seemed he would not survive, the hospital got in touch with a Virginia publisher on his behalf Barnes said he was caught off guard when he read the work , the hospital said Muscular Dystrophy Advocate Dies at 13 Jun 23, 8:45 AM EST Mattie Stepanek, the child poet whose inspirational verse made him a best-selling writer and a prominent voice for muscular dystrophy sufferers, died Tuesday of a rare form of the disease Stepanek: http://www T "Mattie was something special, something very special," entertainer Jerry Lewis, who chairs the Muscular Dystrophy Association, said in a statement "I was stunned Stepanek was hospitalized many times over the years " His poems brought him admirers including Oprah Winfrey and former President Carter and made him one of the best-selling poets in recent years C "He went from being on his death bed to becoming this huge publishing success Stepanek began writing poetry at age 3 to cope with the death of a brother â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? On the Net: Matthew J " Despite his condition, Stepanek was upbeat, saying he didn't fear death He had been hospitalized since early March for complications related to the disease that impaired most of his body's functions " He is survived by his mother " Within weeks, the book reached the top of the Times' best-seller list, the MDA said "It was very perceptive and thoughtful His work was full of life, a quest for peace, hope and the inner voice he called a "heartsong His mother, Jeni, 44, has the adult-onset form of the disease, and his three older siblings died of it in early childhood In 2001, a small publisher issued a slim volume of his poems, called "Heartsongs "Mattie rallied after that," Barnes said Three of the volumes reached the New York Times' best-seller list He was 13 Another friend visited the house before 4:30 p " Komunyakaa won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for poetry for his book "Neon Vernacular She won the 2003 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for her second book, "World Hotel," and a Barnard New Women Poets Prize for her first, "White Elephants Vazirani was a poet who used verse to describe her experience as a child and as an Indian immigrant "Her conversation with me was really about how she was going to move forward," King-Miller told the Post m Her works were published in several poetry journals in addition to her books Neighbors said the woman and the child were house-sitting for University of Maryland professor Howard Norman, who is vacationing with his wife at their summer home in Vermont and found the bodies lying next to one another on the floor with two large kitchen knives nearby Investigators found a note with references to the boy's father, Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa, the newspaper said " King-Miller said she got the message later and tried to call Vazirani every hour, but got no answer Officials said one of the woman's co-workers went to the home and discovered the bodies Denise King-Miller, a friend, said Vazirani had spoken to her about personal problems, some involving her relationship with Komunyakaa, a Princeton University professor Before 8 a Police on Thursday called the deaths an apparent murder-suicide, although an official ruling had not yet been made Prize-Winning Poet, Son Found Dead Jul 18, 8:21 AM EST Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide involving a prize-winning poet who is thought to have slit the wrist of her infant son and her own She had sought out a meeting with a priest and borrowed a Bible Neighbors and friends said there had been signs that Vazirani was distraught Reetika Vazirani, 40, and her 2-year-old son, Jehan, were found lying next to each other in a pool of blood in the dining room of a house where Vazirani was house-sitting, The Washington Post reported Friday m Wednesday, King-Miller said, Vazirani left her a voice mail saying, "I think I'm going to hurt myself " |
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