William Morris Meredith Jr
1919 - 2007
General Information
Bio
(1919-2007) Poet. William Meredith was born in New York City. He was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1978 to 1980.
Full Name
William Morris Meredith Jr
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
1919
BIRTH
William Morris Meredith, Jr. was born in New York City on January 9, 1919.
1944
LITWORK
Love Letter From an Impossible Land
New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press
Collection of poetry.
New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press
Collection of poetry.
1948
LITWORK
Ships and Other Figures
Princeton University Press
Collection of poetry.
Princeton University Press
Collection of poetry.
1958
LITWORK
The Open Sea and Other Poems
Alfred A. Knopf
Collection of poetry.
Alfred A. Knopf
Collection of poetry.
1964
LITWORK
The Wreck of the Thresher and Other Poems
Alfred A. Knopf
Collection of poetry.
Alfred A. Knopf
Collection of poetry.
1970
LITWORK
Earth Walk: New and Selected Poems
Knopf
Collection of poetry.
Knopf
Collection of poetry.
1975
LITWORK
Hazard, the Painter
Alfred A. Knopf
0394496345 / 978-0394496344
Collection of poetry.
Alfred A. Knopf
0394496345 / 978-0394496344
Collection of poetry.
1980
LITWORK
The Cheer
Knopf
039451341X / 978-0394513416
Collection of poetry.
Knopf
039451341X / 978-0394513416
Collection of poetry.
1982
LITWORK
Reasons for Poetry, and The Reason for Criticism
Library of Congress
0844403903 / 978-0844403908
Collection of essays.
Library of Congress
0844403903 / 978-0844403908
Collection of essays.
1988
LITWORK
Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems
Knopf
0394559932 / 978-0394559933
Collection of poetry, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
Knopf
0394559932 / 978-0394559933
Collection of poetry, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
1997
LITWORK
Effort at Speech: New And Selected Poems
Triquarterly
0810150700 / 978-0810150706
Collection of poetry, winner of the National Book Award.
Triquarterly
0810150700 / 978-0810150706
Collection of poetry, winner of the National Book Award.
2007
DEATH
William Meredith died in New London, Connecticut, on May 30, 2007.
2007
INTERMENT
William Meredith Jr. was interred in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
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