A. R. Ammons

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A. R. Ammons was an influential 20th-century American poet known for his meditative, nature-focused verse and innovative long-form poems.

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A. R. Ammons canonical 4

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instanceOf human
poet
awardReceived Bollingen Prize for Poetry
MacArthur Fellowship
National Book Award for Poetry
National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry
causeOfDeath complications of cancer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1926-02-18
dateOfDeath 2001-02-25
educatedAt University of California, Berkeley
Wake Forest University
employer Cornell University
familyName Ammons
fieldOfWork long-form poetry
nature poetry
poetry
fullName Archie Randolph Ammons
genre poetry
givenName Archie
influenced contemporary American poets
influencedBy Emily Dickinson
Robert Frost
Walt Whitman
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Letters
militaryService United States Navy
movement American poetry
postmodern poetry
notableIdea use of scientific and philosophical language in poetry
notableWork A Coast of Trees
Collected Poems 1951–1971
Corsons Inlet
linked to: Corson Inlet

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Sphere: The Form of a Motion
Tape for the Turn of the Year
The Snow Poems
Worldly Hopes
occupation poet
professor
placeOfBirth Whiteville, North Carolina, United States
placeOfDeath Ithaca, New York, United States
residence Ithaca, New York, United States
spouse Phyllis Plumbo Ammons
writingStyle long, serial poems
meditative
nature-focused

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Yale Younger Poets Series hasNotableWinner A. R. Ammons
subject linked to: The Yale Younger Poets Series
Ammons hasNotableBearer A. R. Ammons