American poet (1927–2019) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
W. S. Merwin | |
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Born | New York City | September 30, 1927
Died | March 15, 2019 91) Haiku, Hawaii | (aged
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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