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William Stanley Merwin
Acting
Born September 30, 1927 · New York City
Died March 15, 2019
Also known as W.S. Merwin
Awards & recognition
- Harold Morton Landon Translation Award · 2014
- United States Poet Laureate · 2010
- Pulitzer Prize — Poetry · 2009
- Golden Wreath · 2005
- National Book Award — Poetry · 2005
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- Harold Morton Landon Translation Award · 2003
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize · 1998
- Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize · 1994
- Wallace Stevens Award · 1994
- Bollingen Prize · 1979
- Shelley Memorial Award · 1974
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets · 1973
- Guggenheim Fellowship · 1973
- Pulitzer Prize — Poetry · 1971
- PEN Translation Prize · 1969
