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Also Known As Mark Apter Strand
Born April 11, 1934 ā€¢ Summerside ā€¢ Canada
Died November 29, 2014 (aged 80) ā€¢ New York City ā€¢ New York
Title / Office poet laureate (1990-1991)
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize ā€¢ Bollingen Prize (1993)
Notable Works ā€œBlizzard of Oneā€ ā€¢ ā€œDark Harborā€ ā€¢ ā€œDarkerā€ ā€¢ ā€œReasons for Movingā€
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James Tate
American poet
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Richard Wilbur
American poet
Conrad Aiken.
Conrad Aiken
American writer
Merwin, W.S.
W.S. Merwin
American poet and translator
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Anthony Hecht
American poet
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Maxine Kumin
American author
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Robert Hass
American poet and translator
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
Marianne Moore, 1957, photograph by Imogen Cunningham.
Marianne Moore
American poet
Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder
American poet
Louise GlĆ¼ck
Louise GlĆ¼ck
American poet
Ashbery, John
John Ashbery
American poet
Ana Castillo
Ana Castillo
American poet and author
Pound, Ezra
Ezra Pound
American poet
Alice Walker smiling and wearing glasses, a beaded necklace, and a burgundy velvet top at the opening of The Color Purple in New York City.
Alice Walker
American writer
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May Swenson
American poet
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Constance Lindsay Skinner
American writer and historian
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
American author
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks
American poet and educator
Rita Dove
Rita Dove
American author

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