William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1883 - 1963

Occupation

Poet

Notable Achievements

Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award

Description

Modernist poet, notable for 'Spring and All', and 'Paterson'. Known as a modernist poet. Mentor to Allen Ginsberg and other young poets. First winner of the National Book Award for Poetry (1950), and posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1963 for 'Pictures From Brueghel and Other Poems'.

See Also

• Pulitzer Prize Winning LGBTQ Authors and Poets

Further Reading/Research

• https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/william-carlos-williams
• http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/s_z/williams/williams.htm
• https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69393/the-poem-as-a-field-of-action