William Carlos Williams

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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'.