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William Jay Smith (April 22, 1918 – August 18, 2015) was an American poet. He was appointed the nineteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1968 to 1970. [1] Life. William Jay Smith was born in Winnfield, Louisiana. He was brought up at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, south of St. Louis.
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- American Academy of Arts and Letters (1975)
- April 22, 1918, Winnfield, Louisiana, U.S.
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Known for the diverse form and content of his work, and celebrated for the careful craft and antic humor of his verse, William Jay Smith was the author over 50 books of poetry for adults and children. Smith was born in Louisiana and grew up on an army base outside of St. Louis, Missouri. He earned…
Apr 19, 2024 · William Jay Smith (born April 22, 1918, Winnfield, Louisiana, U.S.—died August 18, 2015, Pittsfield, Massachusetts) was an American lyric poet who was known for his precision and craftsmanship and for his variety of subjects and styles.
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Aug 20, 2015 · William Jay Smith, a former United States poet laureate whose work was known both for its acuteness of observation and acuteness of craftsmanship, died on Tuesday in Pittsfield, Mass. He was...
William Jay Smith. 1918 –. 2015. Read poems by this poet. William Jay Smith was born in Winnfield, Louisiana, on April 22, 1918. Smith’s prolific literary career began early, with the national publication of one of his poems when he was just fourteen years old.
Sep 1, 1998 · WILLIAM Jay Smith published his first book of poems in 1947, inaugurating a long and distinguished career in which he has produced more than fifty books of poetry, children's verse,...
William Jay Smith (1918-2015) was born in Winnfield, Louisiana. He published more than 50 books of poetry for adults and children. He served as poet in residence at Williams College from 1959-1967 and for two years as chairman of the writing division of the School of Arts at Columbia University.
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