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| − | 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, Nights and Days | + | 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'. |
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| + | ==See Also== | ||
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| + | * [[Notable LGBTQ Playwrights]] | ||
| + | * [[Pulitzer Prize Winning LGBTQ Authors and Poets]] | ||
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| + | ==Further Research/Reading== | ||
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| + | * http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/merrill/life.htm | ||
| + | * http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/james-merrill | ||
Latest revision as of 12:57, 7 September 2017
Contents
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'.
