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Acclaimed poet William Meredith wrote formal, disciplined poetry of cool observation, intelligence, and wit. A Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, and later the Poet Laureate Consulate in Poetry to the Library of Congress, Meredith was also a Director and Chancellor of the Academy of…
William Morris Meredith Jr. Premio Pulitzer nel 1988. William Morris Meredith Jr. ( New York, 9 gennaio 1919 – New London, 30 maggio 2007) è stato un poeta statunitense . Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 Opere (parziale) 3 Note. 4 Altri progetti. 5 Collegamenti esterni. Biografia.
25 apr 2024 · William Meredith (born Jan. 9, 1919, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died May 30, 2007, New London, Conn.) was an American poet whose formal and unadorned verse was compared to that of Robert Frost. Meredith was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Meredith attended Princeton University (A.B., 1940), where he first began to write poetry.
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William Meredith (Filadelfia, 14 maggio 1835 – Folcroft, 10 agosto 1903) è stato un compositore di scacchi statunitense. Proveniva da una famiglia facoltosa. Il padre, William Morris Meredith , fu segretario del Tesoro degli Stati Uniti nel 1849-1850.
- Biography
- Bibliography
- Awards
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Early years
Meredith was born in New York City to William Morris Meredith Sr. and Nelley Keyser. He attended Lenox School in Massachusetts, graduating in 1936. He began writing while a college student at Princeton University. He graduated magna cum laude from Princeton in 1940, having written a senior thesis on Robert Frost. His first volume of poetry, Love Letter from an Impossible Land, appeared in 1944. Archibald MacLeish selected it for publication as part of the Yale Series of Younger PoetsCompetition.
Career
Meredith worked briefly for the New York Times as a copy boy and reporter before joining the United States Army Air Force in 1941. The next year, he transferred to the United States Navy as a carrier pilot. He served in the Aleutian Islands and Pacific Theater and reached the rank of lieutenant. He continued his service in the United States Navy Reserve until 1952, when he reenlisted to serve in the Korean War. He ultimately attained the rank of lieutenant commander and was awarded two Air Me...
Personal life
Meredith died in New London, Connecticut, near his home in Montville, where he lived with his partner of 36 years, the poet and fiction writer Richard Harteis. A film about his life, Marathon, premiered on November 19, 2008, in Mystic, Connecticut.
Poetry
1. Love Letter from an Impossible Land (Yale University Press, 1944) 2. Ships and Other Figures (Princeton University Press, 1948) 3. The Open Sea and Other Poems (Alfred A. Knopf, 1957) 4. The Wreck of the Thresher and Other Poems(Knopf, 1964) —finalist for the National Book Award 5. Winter Verse(privately printed, 1964) 6. Earth Walk: New and Selected Poems(Knopf, 1970) 7. Hazard the Painter (Knopf, 1975) ISBN 978-0-394-49634-4 8. The Cheer(Knopf, 1980) 9. Partial Accounts: New and Selected...
Essays
1. Reasons for Poetry, and The Reason for Criticism(1982) 2. Poems Are Hard to Read, University of Michigan Press, 1991, ISBN 978-0-472-09427-1
Translation and Anthology
1. Guillaume Apollinaire, Alcools: Poems, 1898-1913, Translator (Doubleday, 1964) 2. Poets of Bulgaria, Editor (Unicorn Press, 1985) ISBN 978-0-87775-190-8
1988 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry – Partial Accounts1997 National Book Award for Poetry – Effort at Speech1975 Guggenheim FellowshipArchives
1. William Meredith papersat Washington University in St. Louis 2. William Meredith and Robert Drew papers at Princeton University Library Special Collections
Other links
1. William Meredith Foundation 2. marathon the movie 3. William Meredith profile and selected works at Academy of American Poets 4. William Meredith page Archived November 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Connecticut CollegeLibrary, Department of Special Collections 5. Edward Hirsch (Spring 1985). "William Meredith, The Art of Poetry No. 34". The Paris Review. Spring 1985 (95). 6. William Meredith at Library of CongressAuthorities — with 71 catalog records 7. Poetry Foundation biography page
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- Richard Harteis (1970s–2007)
10 ago 2021 · Poem. What I Remember the Writers Telling Me When I Was Young. A poem by William Meredith, published in The Atlantic in 1987. By William Meredith. Photo illustrations by Miki Lowe. August...
Selected Works by William Meredith. For a complete listing of Meredith's works with examples of poems, letters and reviews of his books, visit the following link: Additional Works of William Meredith from Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Shane Library, Connecticut College. Volumes of Poetry.
