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Bio

(1926-1995) Poet. James Merrill was born in New York City. He wrote numerous books of poetry, as well as two plays, two novels, and assorted non-fiction. Merrill won the Pulitzer Prize, the Bollingen Prize, two National Book Awards, and he was a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Full Name

James Ingram Merrill

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1926

BIRTH

James Ingram Merrill was born in New York City, New York, in 1926.

1946

LITWORK

The Black Swan

1951

LITWORK

First Poems


Collection of poetry.

1959

LITWORK

The Country Of A Thousand Years Of Peace


Collection of poetry.

1962

LITWORK

Water Street


Collection of poetry.

1966

LITWORK

Nights And Days


Collection of poetry, and winner of National Book Award.

1969

LITWORK

Fire Screen


Collection of poetry.

1972

LITWORK

Braving The Elements


Collection of poetry, and winner of the Bollingen Prize in 1973.

1976

LITWORK

Divine Comedies


Collection of poetry, and winner of a Pulitzer Prize.

1982

LITWORK

The Changing Light at Sandover


Collection of poetry.

1995

DEATH

James Merrill died in Tucson, Arizona, in 1995.

1995

LITWORK

A Scattering of Salts

1995

INTERMENT

James Merrill was interred in North Stonington Cemetery, North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.

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