James Merrill

James Merrill

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1926 - 1995

Occupation

Playwright

Notable Achievements

Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award

Description

Most widely known as 'The Ouija poet' for his narrative poems that record the Ouija board sessions he and a friend conducted with 'spirits from another world'. Twice winner of National Book Award, for `Nights and Days` (1967) and 'Mirabell: Books of Number' (1978).. Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his collection of poems 'Divine Comedies'.

See Also

• Notable LGBTQ Playwrights
• Pulitzer Prize Winning LGBTQ Authors and Poets

Further Research/Reading

• http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/merrill/life.htm
• http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/james-merrill