W S Merwin
1927 - 2019
General Information
Bio
(1927-2019) Poet. W. S. Merwin was born in New York City and died near Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii. He was the United States poet laureate from 1010 to 2011.
Full Name
W S Merwin
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
1927
BIRTH
William Stanley Merwin was born in New York City on September 30, 1927.
1952
LITWORK
A Mask For Janus
Yale University Press
Collection of poetry.
Yale University Press
Collection of poetry.
1956
LITWORK
Green With Beasts
Rupert Hart Davis
Collection of poetry.
Rupert Hart Davis
Collection of poetry.
1967
LITWORK
The Lice
Atheneum
Collection of poetry.
Atheneum
Collection of poetry.
1968
RESIDENCE
Around 1968, Mr. Merwin moved to New York City and lived in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York.
1971
LITWORK
The Carrier of Ladders
Atheneum
0689103433 / 978-0689103438
Collection of poetry, winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1971.
Atheneum
0689103433 / 978-0689103438
Collection of poetry, winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1971.
1992
LITWORK
The Lost Upland
Alfred A. Knopf
0679405269 / 978-0679405269
Collection of stories.
Alfred A. Knopf
0679405269 / 978-0679405269
Collection of stories.
1998
LITWORK
The Folding Cliffs
Knopf
0375401482 / 978-0375401480
Narrative poem.
Knopf
0375401482 / 978-0375401480
Narrative poem.
1999
LITWORK
The River Sound
Knopf
0375404863 / 978-0375404863
Collection of poetry.
Knopf
0375404863 / 978-0375404863
Collection of poetry.
2005
LITWORK
Summer Doorways
Counterpoint
1593760728 / 978-1593760724
Memoir.
Counterpoint
1593760728 / 978-1593760724
Memoir.
2005
LITWORK
Migration: New and Selected Poems
Copper Canyon Press
1556592188 / 978-1556592188
Collection of poetry, winner of a National Book Award.
Copper Canyon Press
1556592188 / 978-1556592188
Collection of poetry, winner of a National Book Award.
2015
LITWORK
What Is a Garden?
University of South Carolina Press
Collection of poems and essays.
University of South Carolina Press
Collection of poems and essays.
2019
DEATH
W. S. Merwin died at his home near Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii, on March 15, 2019.
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