Karl Shapiro
1913
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2000
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Johns Hopkins University, University of Virginia
occupation: poet, consultant, editor, literary critic
award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Bollingen Prize, Shelley Memorial Award
Karl Jay Shapiro (November 10, 1913 – May 14, 2000) was an American poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1945 for his collection V-Letter and Other Poems. He was appointed the fifth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1946. Shapiro served in the Pacific Theater as a United States Army company clerk during World War II. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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