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Bookmark or Share- W. S. Merwin - WikipediaIn 2017, Copper Canyon Press published The Essential W. S. Merwin, a book which traces the seven-decade legacy of Merwin's poetry, with selections ranging from his 1952 debut, A Mask for Janus, to 2016's Garden Time, as well as a selection of translations and lesser-known prose narratives.
- W.S. Merwin, Poet of Life’s Damnable Evanescence, Dies at 91Mr. Merwin, one of the world’s most decorated poets, sang of silence and nature with an oracular voice. Later in life he became an ardent conservationist.
- W. S. Merwin | The Poetry FoundationWilliam Stanley (W.S.) Merwin was born in New York City in 1927 and raised in New Jersey and Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of a Presbyterian minister. His numerous collections of poetry, his translations, and his books of prose have won praise over seven decades.
- W.S. Merwin | Biography, Books, & Facts | BritannicaW.S. Merwin, 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. He won the Pulitzer Prize for The Carrier of Ladders and for The Shadow of Sirius.
- Over a Career Spanning Six Decades, American Poet W. S. Merwin ...W. S. Merwin, who twice won the Pulitzer Prize, first tried his hand at poetry as a child. Growing up in Union City, New Jersey, he was moved to bring pen to paper after hearing his father, a Presbyterian minister, read from the King James Bible at church.
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