W.S. Merwin papers 1946-1984.

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W.S. Merwin papers 1946-1984.

The papers of W.S. Merwin, the Pulitzer Prize winning poet, translator, and environmental activist, consist of books, notes, manuscripts, correspondence, scraps of paper with ideas for poems, published and unpublished works, translations of other author's works, and critical writings by Merwin. There are also select works on Merwin. The Merwin papers offer a unique opportunity to study the poet's work, to research into the overall development of American poetry in this century, to and learn about the poetic process.

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Merwin, W.S. (William Stanley), 1927-

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American poet and writer. From the description of Letters, to Arthur Gregor, 1966-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122587287 Born in New York City, 1927; educated at Princeton University (class of 1948); Pulitzer Prize-winning author, poet, translator, and environmental activist. From the description of W.S. Merwin papers 1946- (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 57553010 American poet and translator. From th...