Stanley Kunitz

American poet (1905-2006) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 100

Stanley Jasspon Kunitz was an American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress twice, first in 1974 and then again in 2000.

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2006Died14 May 20061998Robert Frost MedalAward1995National Book Award for PoetryAwardShelley Memorial AwardAward1993National Medal of ArtsAward1987Bollingen PrizeAward1980Lenore Marshall Poetry PrizeAward1968Fellowship of the Academy of American PoetsAward1959Pulitzer Prize for PoetryAward1945Guggenheim FellowshipAward1905Born29 July 1905

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