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W. S. Merwin. William Stanley Merwin (September 30, 1927 – March 15, 2019) was an American poet who wrote more than fifty books of poetry and prose and produced many works in translation. [1] During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin's unique craft was thematically characterized by indirect, unpunctuated narration.
W. S. Merwin. William Stanley (W.S.) Merwin was born in New York City in 1927 and raised in New Jersey and Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of a Presbyterian minister. His numerous collections of poetry, his translations, and his books of prose have won praise over seven decades.
Mar 15, 2019 · W. S. Merwin, a formidable American poet who for more than 60 years labored under a formidable poetic yoke: the imperative of using language — an inescapably concrete presence on the printed page...
W.S. Merwin (born September 30, 1927, New York, New York, U.S.—died March 15, 2019, Haiku, Hawaii) was an American poet and translator known for the spare style of his poetry, in which he expressed his concerns about the alienation of humans from their environment.
W. S. Merwin. 1927 –. 2019. Poet Laureate of the United States, 2010–2011; Special Bicentennial Consultant in Poetry, 2000. Read poems by this poet. William Stanley Merwin was born in New York City on September 30, 1927.
W.S. Merwin. Appointed United States Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress in 2010, William Stanley Merwin had a career that spanned seven decades. A poet, translator, gardener and environmental activist, Merwin has become one of the most widely read and honored poets in America.
W.S. Merwin (1927-2019) was a prolific, leading American writer whose poetry, translations, and prose won praise and broad readerships over seven decades.
