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C. K. Williams

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American poet and critic (1936-2015)

United StatesWritersLived 1936 to 2015 · aged 78
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Charles Kenneth "C. " Williams was an American poet, critic and translator. Williams won many poetry awards. Flesh and Blood won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1987. Repair (1999) won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, was a National Book Award finalist and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

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2005Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
2003National Book Award
2003National Book Award for Poetry
2000Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1998Berlin Prize
1987National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry
1974Guggenheim Fellowship

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Charles Kenneth "C. K." Williams was an American poet, critic and translator. Williams won many poetry awards. Flesh and Blood won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1987. Repair (1999) won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, was a National Book Award finalist and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The Singing won the 2003 National Book Award and Williams received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 2005. The 2012 film The Color of Time relates aspects of Williams' life using his poetry.

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United States
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Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
deceased
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Lived 1936 to 2015 · aged 78
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13 languages

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