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Born December 8, 1913 • New York City • New York
Died July 11, 1966 (aged 52) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Bollingen Prize (1959)
Notable Works “In Dreams Begin Responsibilities”
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
American author
Ana Castillo
Ana Castillo
American poet and author
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Constance Lindsay Skinner
American writer and historian
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
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Kenneth Koch
American author
Louise Bogan, 1967
Louise Bogan
American poet and literary critic
T.S. Eliot stands at a chalkboard, writing a diagram with letters and Greek symbols representing characters for a play, in his office at the Institute for Advanced Study.
T.S. Eliot
American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic
Master of the macabre
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser
American author
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
American author
Rita Dove
Rita Dove
American author
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
American poet
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker
American author
Harte
Bret Harte
American writer
Simms, detail of an engraving published by Johnson, Fry and Company, 1861
William Gilmore Simms
American novelist
John Jay Chapman.
John Jay Chapman
American writer
Robert Coover
Robert Coover
American author
Mary Austin.
Mary Austin
American writer
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Diane di Prima
American poet
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Richard Nugent
American writer, artist and actor

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