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Also Known As Carolyn Ashley Kizer
Born December 10, 1924 • Spokane • Washington
Died October 9, 2014 (aged 89) • Sonoma • California
Awards And Honors National Book Award • Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works “Yin: New Poems”
W.H. Auden
W. H. Auden
British poet
Rita Dove
Rita Dove
American author
Robert Lowell, c. 1960
Robert Lowell
American poet
Merwin, W.S.
W.S. Merwin
American poet and translator
Elizabeth Bishop, 1938
Elizabeth Bishop
American poet
Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren
American writer
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Robert Hass
American poet and translator
John Berryman
John Berryman
American poet
Wallace Stevens, 1952
Wallace Stevens
American poet
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C.K. Williams
American poet
Conrad Aiken.
Conrad Aiken
American writer
Philip Levine
Philip Levine
American poet
Mona Van Duyn
Mona Van Duyn
American poet
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James Merrill
American poet
Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver
American poet
William Carlos Williams, wearing glasses and a bow tie, sits indoors holding a book with bookshelves and cabinets in the background, circa 1955.
William Carlos Williams
American poet
Charles Simic
Charles Simic
American poet
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Archibald MacLeish
American author, educator, and public official
Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov
American writer
Stanley Kunitz, c. 1987
Stanley Kunitz
American poet

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