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Karl Shapiro

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American poet and essayist (1913-2000)

United StatesWritersLived 1913 to 2000 · aged 86
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Karl Jay Shapiro was an American poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1945 for his collection V-Letter and Other Poems. He was appointed the fifth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1946.

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1969Bollingen Prize
1946Shelley Memorial Award
1945Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1944Guggenheim Fellowship

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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 2000 · aged 86
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11 languages

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