William Stanley Merwin (September 30, 1927 – March 15, 2019) was an American poet who wrote more than fifty books of poetry and prose and produced many works in translation. [1] During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin's unique craft was thematically characterized by indirect, unpunctuated narration.

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W.S. Merwin (born September 30, 1927, New York, New York, U.S.—died March 15, 2019, Haiku, Hawaii) was an American poet and translator known for the spare style of his poetry, in which he expressed his concerns about the alienation of humans from their environment.

William Stanley Merwin was born in New York City on September 30, 1927. He was raised in Union City, New Jersey, and Scranton, Pennsylvania, as the son of a Presbyterian minister, and began writing hymns as a child.

W.S. Merwin (1927-2019) was a prolific, leading American writer whose poetry, translations, and prose won praise and broad readerships over seven decades.

W.S. Merwin wrote nearly every day of his life, from the morning until about two in the afternoon. Across seven decades, his dedicated practice produced an extraordinary range of critically-acclaimed poetry, prose, and translations that span a staggering range of subjects and styles.

Mar 15, 2019 · W.S. Merwin, poet, translator and environmental activist. For many years, Merwin and his English wife, Dido Milroy, lived in a farmhouse in Southwest France, a setting he would describe in his 1992 book, The Lost Uplands.

Author of eighteen books of poetry, five books of prose, and translator of twenty works of European and Asian languages, Merwin has been awarded most of the major prizes in American letters, including the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award (1952, for A Mask for Janus), the Pulitzer Prize (1970, for The Carrier of Ladders), the Bollingen Prize ...

W. S. Merwin was born in New York City. He authored more than 30 poetry collections, more than 20 books of translation, numerous plays, and six books of prose. Merwin served as a special Bicentennial Consultant from 1999-2000, and as Poet Laureate Consultant in …

Mar 15, 2019 · One of America's most respected and enduring poets, W.S. Merwin, has died. Merwin's poetry is known for its mystery and wonder, and he was twice named the U.S. poet laureate.