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John Ashbery

Poet from the United States of America (1927-2017) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 90

John Lawrence Ashbery was an American poet and art critic.

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2017Died3 September 20172011New York Writers Hall of FameAward2008America Award in LiteratureAwardHonorary Doctor of Yale UniversityAward1995Robert Frost MedalAward1992Feltrinelli PrizeAwardRuth Lilly Poetry PrizeAward1985Bollingen PrizeAwardMacArthur Fellows ProgramAward1982Fellowship of the Academy of American PoetsAward1976National Book AwardAwardPulitzer Prize for PoetryAward1973Guggenheim FellowshipAwardShelley Memorial AwardAward1956Yale Series of Younger Poets CompetitionAward1927Born28 July 1927

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National Humanities Medal2011
New York Writers Hall of Fame2011
Honorary Doctor of Yale University2008
America Award in Literature2008
Wallace Stevens Award2001
Robert Frost Medal1995
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres1993
Feltrinelli Prize1992
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize1992
Horst Bienek Award for Poetry1991
MacArthur Fellows Program1985
Bollingen Prize1985
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize1985
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences1983
Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets1982
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry1976
National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry1976
National Book Award1976
National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry1975
Guggenheim Fellowship1973
Shelley Memorial Award1973
Guggenheim Fellowship1967
Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition1956
Fulbright Scholarship

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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2017 · aged 90

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