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Howard Nemerov

Poet (1920-1991) · United States · Writers · Died at 71

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Howard Nemerov was an American poet. Nemerov was the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of English and Distinguished Poet in Residence at Washington University in St. Louis. He was twice Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1988 to 1990.

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1991Died5 July 19911989Honorary Doctor of the University of MiamiAward1987National Medal of ArtsAward1981Bollingen PrizeAward1979St. Louis Literary AwardAward1978National Book AwardAwardPulitzer Prize for PoetryAward1970Fellowship of the Academy of American PoetsAward1968Guggenheim FellowshipAward1963United States Poet LaureateAward1920Born29 February 1920

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Awards

Honorary Doctor of the University of Miami1989
National Medal of Arts1987
Bollingen Prize1981
St. Louis Literary Award1979
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry1978
National Book Award1978
Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets1970
Guggenheim Fellowship1968
United States Poet Laureate1963

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Howard Nemerov was an American poet. Nemerov was the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of English and Distinguished Poet in Residence at Washington University in St. Louis. He was twice Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1988 to 1990. For The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov (1977), he won the National Book Award for Poetry, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and Bollingen Prize.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 1991 · aged 71

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