William Jay Smith

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Jay_Smith
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Washington_University_in_St._Louis
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:National_Institute_of_Arts_and_Letters_Award
gptkb:Guggenheim_Fellowship
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 1918-04-22
gptkbp:dateOfDeath 2015-08-18
gptkbp:genre gptkb:children's_literature
gptkb:poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Jay Smith
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:academic
gptkb:poet
translator
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Winnfield,_Louisiana,_United_States
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Lenox,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Poet_Laureate_Consultant_in_Poetry_to_the_Library_of_Congress
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Barbara_Howes
gptkbp:termEnd 1970
gptkbp:termStart 1968
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Emmy_Award
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3