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Michael Wutz, Hal Crimmel, Michael and Hal Crimmel (2015).
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1993: The Tanning Prize for mastery in the art of poetry
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International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004
1273:"Memories Distilled by 2 Radically Different Poets"
731:2010: Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement
1602:Open Letters Monthly, accessed November 25, 2010.
685:1994: Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award
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1392:Brennan, Elizabeth A. and Elizabeth C. Clarage,
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1052:Wutz, Michael; Crimmel, Hal (May 21, 2015).
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1535:"Kenyon Review for Literary Achievement"
1522:"The 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners/Poetry"
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1001:Smith, Dinitia (February 19, 1995).
724:2009: Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for
418:, an ambitious novel-in-verse about
246:, which was renamed for him in 2006.
3167:Writers from Scranton, Pennsylvania
1398:Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners
1192:Kramer, Michael (October 8, 1998).
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3162:People from Union City, New Jersey
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903:Cohen, Patricia (June 30, 2010).
734:2010: United States Poet Laureate
708:Migration: New and Selected Poems
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409:Migration: New and Selected Poems
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618:Selected Translations 1948â1968
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1576:W. S. Merwin: Online Resources
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479:Merwin's last book of poetry,
202:National Book Award for Poetry
185:. Residing in a rural part of
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1174:"National Book Awards â 2005"
793:"Amazon.com Official Profile"
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580:Arts Council of Great Britain
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310:; he became poetry editor at
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1695:W.S. Merwin: To Plant a Tree
677:Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
668:Maurice English Poetry Award
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3172:Princeton University alumni
3152:National Book Award winners
1639:W. S. Merwin â Online Poems
1087:"Today's poem is "asunder""
443:United States Poet Laureate
416:Folding Cliffs: A Narrative
218:United States Poet Laureate
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1653:"The Emptiness at the End"
1641:, Modern American Poetry,
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655:Bollingen Prize for Poetry
508:The Essential W. S. Merwin
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759:W. S. Merwin bibliography
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631:Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
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1180:. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
1178:National Book Foundation
587:1962: Bess Hokin Prize,
548:Yale Younger Poets Prize
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390:The Drunk in the Furnace
308:Cambridge, Massachusetts
3227:Wyoming Seminary alumni
3137:American Poets Laureate
2731:William Carlos Williams
2235:William Carlos Williams
1598:March 24, 2019, at the
1557:April 11, 2019, at the
963:The Union City Reporter
771:The Union City Reporter
659:Yale University Library
434:, was awarded the 2009
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422:in history and legend.
403:Later career: 1977â2019
271:Early career: 1952â1976
3192:Translators to English
3142:American Presbyterians
1744:Struga Poetry Evenings
1689:Academy of Achievement
1669:The Merwin Conservancy
1658:magazine, October 2005
1632:Honolulu Star-Bulletin
1625:June 29, 2008, at the
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649:Shelley Memorial Award
635:The Carrier of Ladders
624:Rockefeller Foundation
567:Rockefeller Fellowship
414:In 1998, Merwin wrote
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200:in 1971 and 2009; the
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3202:Poets from New Jersey
3157:The New Yorker people
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1756:Robert Rozhdestvensky
1003:"A Poet of Their Own"
614:PEN Translation Prize
260:Presbyterian minister
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1804:Fazıl HĂŒsnĂŒ DaÄlarca
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1394:"1971: W. S. Merwin"
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981:English.illinois.edu
977:"About W. S. Merwin"
726:The Shadow of Sirius
562:Fellowship in Poetry
427:The Shadow of Sirius
277:Princeton University
138:Dorothy Jeanne Ferry
102:Princeton University
3217:American male poets
2579:Juan Felipe Herrera
2151:Library of Congress
2038:José Emilio Pacheco
1888:Desanka MaksimoviÄ
1580:Library of Congress
936:Donald Keene Center
875:The Washington Post
728:(published in 2008)
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214:Library of Congress
179:Buddhist philosophy
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2701:Robert Penn Warren
2671:Archibald MacLeish
2403:Robert Penn Warren
2323:Josephine Jacobsen
2179:Robert Penn Warren
2104:Jean-Pierre Siméon
1960:Edoardo Sanguineti
1900:Justo Jorge PadrĂłn
1864:Andrei Voznesensky
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1742:Laureates of the
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