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==Description==
 
==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 'Divine Comedies'.
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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, for `Nights and Days` (1967) and  'Mirabell: Books of Number' (1978)..  Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his collection of poems 'Divine Comedies'.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
  
 
* [[Notable LGBTQ Playwrights]]
 
* [[Notable LGBTQ Playwrights]]
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* [[Pulitzer Prize Winning LGBTQ Authors and Poets]]
  
 
==Further Research/Reading==
 
==Further Research/Reading==

Latest revision as of 12:57, 7 September 2017

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

Further Research/Reading