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Karl Shapiro
American poet and essayist (1913-2000) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 86
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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2000Died14 May 20001969Bollingen PrizeAward1946Shelley Memorial AwardAward1945Pulitzer Prize for PoetryAward1944Guggenheim FellowshipAward1913Born10 November 1913
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Lived 1913 to 2000 · aged 86
