William Carlos Williams

1883 - 1963

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

movement: modernist poetry, Imagism, Beat Generation, Objectivist poets

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Lycée Condorcet, Horace Mann School, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

occupation: poet, physician, autobiographer, physician writer, literary critic, writer

award received: National Book Award for Poetry, Bollingen Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, National Book Award, New Jersey Hall of Fame, Academy of American Poets Fellowship, Russell Loines Award for Poetry

William Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was an American poet, writer, and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism. In addition to his writing, Williams had a long career as a physician practicing both pediatrics and general medicine. He was affiliated with Passaic General Hospital, where he served as the hospital's chief of pediatrics from 1924 until his death. The hospital, which is now known as St. Mary's General Hospital, paid tribute to Williams with a memorial plaque that states "We walk the wards that Williams walked". Source: Wikipedia (en)