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Also Known As	Robert Traill Spence Lowell, Jr.
Born	March 1, 1917 • Boston • Massachusetts
Died	September 12, 1977 (aged 60) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize • National Book Award (1960)
Notable Works	“Colloquy in Black Rock” • “Day by Day” • “For the Union Dead” • “In the Cage” • “Land of Unlikeness” • “Life Studies” • “Lord Weary’s Castle” • “Memories of West Street and Lepke” • “Near the Ocean” • “Notebook 1967–68” • “Skunk Hour” • “The Dolphin” • “The Mills of the Kavanaughs” • “The Old Glory” • “The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket” • “Waking in Blue”
Notable Family Members	spouse Caroline Blackwood