William Carlos Williams
1883 - 1963
General Information
Bio
(1883-1963) William Carlos Williams was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, into a Spanish speaking household. Williams received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania, where he met Ezra Pound. Williams worked in Manhattan, New York, and was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1952.
Full Name
William Carlos Williams
Locations
Erie
Author's Timeline
Unknown
OTHER
Williams worked in Manhattan, New York.
1883
BIRTH
William Carlos Williams was born in Rutherford, New Jersey in 1883.
1913
LITWORK
The Tempers
Collection of poetry.
Collection of poetry.
1920
LITWORK
Kora in Hell
Series of prose poems.
Series of prose poems.
1925
LITWORK
In The American Grain
Collection of essays.
Collection of essays.
1934
LITWORK
Collected Poems: 1921 - 1931
Collection of poetry.
Collection of poetry.
1940
OTHER
Williams was a frequent visitor, during the 1940s and 50s, of Charles Abbott, director of university libraries at the State University of New York at Buffalo from 1934 to 1960, and founder of the university's poetry collection.
1946
LITWORK
Paterson
First of a series of books of a long poem.
First of a series of books of a long poem.
1950
LITWORK
Collected Later Poems
Collection of poetry.
Collection of poetry.
1951
LITWORK
Autobiography of William Carlos Williams
Autobiography.
Autobiography.
1951
LITWORK
Collected Earlier Poems
Collection of poetry.
Collection of poetry.
1954
LITWORK
Desert Music
Collection of poetry.
Collection of poetry.
1962
LITWORK
Pictures from Brueghel, and Other Poems
Collection of poetry; winner of the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
Collection of poetry; winner of the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
1963
DEATH
William Carlos Williams died in Rutherford, New Jersey, in 1963.
1963
INTERMENT
William Carlos Williams is buried in the Hillside Cemetery, Lyndhurst, New Jersey.
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