Stanley Kunitz
U.S. Consultant in Poetry; U.S. Poet Laureate · 1974-1976; 2000-2001 · as printed by the Library of Congress
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Stanley Kunitz, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1905, held the post twice under its two titles: Consultant in Poetry from 1974 to 1976, and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry from 2000 to 2001. The Library lists a Pulitzer Prize for Selected Poems, 1928-1958, a National Book Award for Passing Through, and a National Medal of Arts among his honors.
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Appointment and term
U.S. Consultant in Poetry, 1974-1976
U.S. Poet Laureate, 2000-2001
Kunitz twice served as the nation’s poet: as Consultant in Poetry from 1974-1976, and as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry from 2000-2001.
Life
Stanley Kunitz was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1905.
Books and honors
Selected Poems, 1928-1958 (1958), which won the Pulitzer Prize; Passing Through: The Later Poems, New and Selected (1995), winner of the National Book Award
His other honors include a National Medal of Arts, the Bollingen Prize, and the Robert Frost Medal.
Source
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