William Jay Smith
1918 - 2015
General Information
Bio
(1918-2015) Poet. William Jay Smith was born in Winnfield, Louisiana, and died in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Mr. Smith did graduate work at Columbia University.
Full Name
William Jay Smith
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
Unknown
OTHER
Mr. Smith did graduate work and taught at Columbia University.
1918
BIRTH
William Jay Smith was born in Winnfield, Louisiana, on April 22, 1918.
1957
LITWORK
Boy Blue's Book Of Beasts
Little, Brown
Collection of children's poetry.
Little, Brown
Collection of children's poetry.
1964
LITWORK
Ho For A Hat!
Little, Brown
Collection of poetry for children.
Little, Brown
Collection of poetry for children.
1966
LITWORK
The Tin Can, And Other Poems
Delacorte Press
0385290608 / 978-0385290609
Collection of poetry.
Delacorte Press
0385290608 / 978-0385290609
Collection of poetry.
1968
OTHER
Mr. Smith was the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1968 to 1970.
1980
LITWORK
Army Brat
Persea Books
0892550473 / 978-0892550470
Memoir.
Persea Books
0892550473 / 978-0892550470
Memoir.
1980
OTHER
In the 1980s Mr. Smith was poet in residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan, New York.
1988
LITWORK
Plain Talk: Epigrams, Epitaphs, Satires, Nonsense, Occasional, Concrete & Quotidian Poems
Center for Book Arts
Collection of poetry.
Center for Book Arts
Collection of poetry.
1998
LITWORK
The World Below The Window: Poems, 1937-1997
The Johns Hopkins University Press
0801858593 / 978-0801858598
Collection of poetry.
The Johns Hopkins University Press
0801858593 / 978-0801858598
Collection of poetry.
2000
LITWORK
The Cherokee Lottery
Curbstone Books
1880684667 / 978-1880684665
Collection of poetry.
Curbstone Books
1880684667 / 978-1880684665
Collection of poetry.
2015
DEATH
William Jay Smith died in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on August 18, 2015.
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