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Philip Levine

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Jewish-American poet (1928-2015)

United StatesWritersLived 1928 to 2015 · aged 87
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Philip Levine was an American poet best known for his poems about working-class Detroit. He taught for more than thirty years in the English department of California State University, Fresno and held teaching positions at other universities as well.

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2013Wallace Stevens Award
1995Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1991National Book Award
1987Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
1980National Book Award
1979National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry
Guggenheim Fellowship

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Philip Levine was an American poet best known for his poems about working-class Detroit. He taught for more than thirty years in the English department of California State University, Fresno and held teaching positions at other universities as well. He served on the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets from 2000 to 2006, and was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States for 2011-2012.

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United States
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Writers
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deceased
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Lived 1928 to 2015 · aged 87
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25 languages

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