W. S. Merwin
American poet (1927–2019)
William Stanley Merwin (September 30, 1927 – March 15, 2019) was an American poet.[1] He was mainly active during the anti-Vietnam War era. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (in both 1971 and 2009), the National Book Award for Poetry (2005)[2] and the Tanning Prize, one of the highest honors bestowed by the Academy of American Poets, as well as the Golden Wreath of the Struga Poetry Evenings.
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| Born | September 30, 1927 New York City |
| Died | March 15, 2019 (aged 91) Haiku, Hawaii |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, PA 1944; Princeton University (attended) |
| Period | 1952–2019 |
| Genre | Poetry, prose, translation |
| Notable awards | PEN Translation Prize 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1971, 2009 Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry 1990 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize 1994 Tanning Prize 1994 National Book Award 2005 United States Poet Laureate 2010 Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award 2013 |
| Spouse | Dorothy Jeanne Ferry Dido Milroy Paula Dunaway (1983–2017) |
In 2010, the Library of Congress named Merwin the seventeenth United States Poet Laureate to replace the outgoing Kay Ryan.[3][4]
Merwin died at his home in Haiku, Hawaii on March 15, 2019 from a heart attack, aged 91.[5]
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change- ↑ "Amazon.com Official Profile". Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ "2005 National Book Awards Winners and Finalists, The National Book Foundation". Nationalbook.org. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ↑ Kennicott, Philip (July 1, 2010). "W.S. Merwin, Hawaii-based poet, will serve as 17th U.S. laureate". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ↑ Cohen, Patricia (June 30, 2010). "W. S. Merwin to Be Named Poet Laureate". The New York Times. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "W.S. Merwin, prize-winning poet of nature, dies at 91". Archived from the original on 2020-04-14. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
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