W. S. Merwin

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/W._S._Merwin

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gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Princeton_University
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gptkbp:birthDate	1927-09-30
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:children	none
gptkbp:deathDate	2019-03-15
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Haiku,_Hawaii
gptkbp:education	gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:William_Stanley_Merwin
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:poetry prose translator
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	W. S. Merwin
gptkbp:influenced	younger American poets
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Dante_Alighieri gptkb:Ezra_Pound gptkb:William_Carlos_Williams gptkb:Robert_Graves Spanish poetry
gptkbp:language	English
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gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:poet essayist translator
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:Haiku,_Hawaii
gptkbp:servedAs	gptkb:Emmy_Award
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Dido_Milroy gptkb:Paula_Dunaway
gptkbp:subjectOf	gptkb:Even_Though_the_Whole_World_Is_Burning_(documentary)
gptkbp:termEnd	2011
gptkbp:termStart	2010
gptkbp:theme	gptkb:spirituality gptkb:war environmentalism loss memory nature
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gptkbp:website	https://www.merwinconservancy.org/
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