Summary
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and “one of the greatest poets of our age … the Thoreau of our era” comes a masterly work of poems, exhibiting the artistry and style he made his own.
A strikingly beautiful book of poems from one of our finest poets. To his lyrics Merwin adds three long narrative poems: “Lament for the Makers” is his tribute to fellow poets who are gone and who had his admiration, from Dylan Thomas to James Merrill; “Testimony” is a tour de force, an autobiograp…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375704352 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375704353 |
| Author: | W.S. Merwin |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2000 |
| Weight: | 231g |
| Dimensions: | 230mm x 157mm x 12mm |
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Critics Review
“One of the greatest poets of our age. He is a rare spiritual presence in American life and letters (the Thoreau of our era).” —Edward Hirsch
“One of the most distinctive and original voices in American poetry” —The New Yorker
About The Author
W.S. Merwin
W. S. MERWIN was born in New York City in 1927 and grew up in Union City, New Jersey, and in Scranton, Pennsylvania. From 1949 to 1951 he worked as a tutor in France, Portugal, and Majorca, and over the course of his life, he lived in many parts of the world. He was the recipient of many awards and prizes, including the Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, the Bollingen Prize in Poetry, the Governor’s Award for Literature of the state of Hawaii, the Tanning Prize for mastery in the art of poetry, a Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writers’ Award, and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. He died in 2019.
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