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Born September 10, 1935 ā€¢ Ohio
Died January 17, 2019 (aged 83) ā€¢ Florida
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize ā€¢ National Book Award
Notable Works ā€œAmerican Primitiveā€ ā€¢ ā€œNo Voyage and Other Poemsā€ ā€¢ ā€œThe Night Travelerā€
Subjects Of Study poetry ā€¢ writing

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W.H. Auden
W. H. Auden
British poet
Rita Dove
Rita Dove
American author
Elizabeth Bishop, 1938
Elizabeth Bishop
American poet
Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren
American writer
Wallace Stevens, 1952
Wallace Stevens
American poet
Philip Levine
Philip Levine
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
Marianne Moore, 1957, photograph by Imogen Cunningham.
Marianne Moore
American poet
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Lisel Mueller
German-American poet
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Theodore Roethke
American poet
Robert Lowell, c. 1960
Robert Lowell
American poet
Merwin, W.S.
W.S. Merwin
American poet and translator
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Robert Hass
American poet and translator
John Berryman
John Berryman
American poet
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C.K. Williams
American poet
Conrad Aiken.
Conrad Aiken
American writer
Mona Van Duyn
Mona Van Duyn
American poet
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James Merrill
American poet

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