W. S. Merwin (1927 - present)

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William Stanley (W.S.) Merwin was born on September 30, 1927 in New York City and grew up in Union City, New Jersey, and Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was graduated from Princeton University and worked as a tutor in Europe and translator. From 1956 to 1957 Merwin was also playwright-in-residence at the Poet's Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts and poetry editor at The Nation in 1962. Besides being a prolific poet (he has published over fifteen volumes of his works) he is also a respected transl.. Continue..

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Yesterday

Air

My Friends

For The Anniversary Of My Death

Unknown Bird

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	Now all my teachers are dead except silence.

- W. S. Merwin

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