W. S. Merwin, American Poet(1927-2019)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: William Stanley Merwin
• Known as: W. S. Merwin
• Birth: September 30, 1927, New York City, New York, USA
• Death: March 15, 2019, Haiku, Hawaii, USA
• Language: English
• Who he was: American poet who has written over fifty books of poetry; Poet Laureate of the United States (2010), Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1971, 2009)
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