William Morris Meredith Jr.

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William Morris Meredith Jr. was an American poet and educator who served as U.S. Poet Laureate and won both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for his work.

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instanceOf educator
human
literary critic
poet
awardReceived Bollingen Prize for Poetry
Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets
National Book Award for Poetry
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
causeOfDeath Alzheimer's disease
conflict Korean War
World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1919-01-09
dateOfDeath 2007-05-30
educatedAt Princeton University
Sorbonne University
employer Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Connecticut College
Princeton University
familyName Meredith
fieldOfWork American poetry
literary education
fullName William Morris Meredith Jr.
genre poetry
givenName William
hasInfluenced contemporary American poets
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Academy of American Poets
American Academy of Arts and Letters
militaryBranch United States Navy
militaryRank pilot
movement formalism
notableAwardWork Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems
notableWork Earth Walk: New and Selected Poems
Effort at Speech
Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems
The Open Sea and Other Poems
occupation educator
literary critic
poet
professor
placeOfBirth New York City
placeOfDeath New London, Connecticut
positionHeld Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress
residence Uncasville, Connecticut
serviceNumber United States Naval Reserve officer
sexOrGender male

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