Ted Kooser

Ted Kooser

male, 70 years old
American Poet Laureate, PulitzerPrizeforPoetrywinner, Nebraska writer, a small man, Insurance man, sweet…The Society of Midland Authors Prize
Ted Kooser ('62 English and speech) has elevated Iowa State University's prominence in the literary arts more than any other graduate in the...
John Ashbery

John Ashbery

male, 82 years old
New York School poet, PulitzerPrizeforPoetrywinner, poet, LGBT writer, from the United States, gay…Poetry Society of America, won the Pulitzer Prize
John Ashbery (born July 28, 1927) is an American poet who has won nearly every major American award for poetry and is recognized as one of...
Natasha Trethewey

Natasha Trethewey

female
Emory University, poet, pulitzer prize, hollins university, American, University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni…PulitzerPrizeforPoetrywinner
Natasha Trethewey (b. 1966) is an African-American poet. She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her 2006 collection "Native Guard." This...
William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams

male, deceased (1963)
Philadelphia writer, English American, New Jersey writer, Puerto Rican, American poet, University of Pennsylvania alumni…modernist poetry, PulitzerPrizeforPoetrywinner
Dr. William Carlos Williams (sometimes known as WCW) (September 17, 1883 - March 4, 1963), was an American poet closely associated with modernism...
Elizabeth Bishop

Elizabeth Bishop

female, deceased (1979)
American Poet Laureate, American women writer, American Poets Laureate, writer, PulitzerPrizeforPoetrywinner, poet…Poetry Foundation Contact
Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 - October 6, 1979), was an American poet and writer. She enjoyed critical acclaim in her lifetime, and her...
Robert Lowell

Robert Lowell

male, deceased (1977)
Life Studies, American Poet Laureate, confessional poetry, American Poets Laureate, Robert Traill Spence Lowell, IV, poet…PulitzerPrizeforPoetrywinner, National Book Award winner
Robert Lowell (March 1, 1917-September 12, 1977), born Robert Traill Spence Lowell, IV, was an influential American poet of the mid-20th century,...
Wallace Stevens

Wallace Stevens

male, deceased (1955)
From st. louis, missouri, Modernism, American modernist poet, from Hartford, Connecticut, PulitzerPrizeforPoetrywinner, From St. Louis…National Book Award winner
Wallace Stevens was a major American Modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania
Rita Dove

Rita Dove

female, 57 years old
Arizona State University faculty, American Poet Laureate, Rita Frances Dove, Poet Laureate of the United States, PulitzerPrizeforPoetrywinner, From Akron, Ohio
Rita Dove is the Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia. From 1993 to 1995 she served as Poet Laureate of the United...
Robert Penn Warren

Robert Penn Warren

male (Guthrie)
Louisiana State University faculty, New Criticism, American, rhodes scholar, Bone cancer death, All the King's Men…PulitzerPrizeforPoetrywinner, Pulitzer Prize for the Novel winner, won the Pulitzer Prize
Robert Penn Warren ( April 24 , 1905 - September 15 , 1989 ) was an American poet and writer. He was born in Guthrie, Kentucky and graduated from...
Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

female, deceased (1963) (United States)
American women writer, Autobiographical novel, expatriate, depression, Smith College alumni, committed suicide…PulitzerPrizeforPoetrywinner, confessional poetry, Glascock Prize winner
Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 - February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Known primarily for her poetry, Plath...