James Merrill

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American poet human long poem poet poetry collection

James Merrill was an American poet renowned for his formally intricate, witty, and emotionally nuanced verse, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning collection "Divine Comedies."

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James Merrill canonical 9
James Ingram Merrill 1

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author James Merrill self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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awardReceived National Book Award for Poetry ⓘ
National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ⓘ
causeOfDeath AIDS-related complications ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfBirth 1926-03-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1995-02-06 ⓘ
educatedAt Amherst College ⓘ
familyName Merrill ⓘ
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surface form: James Ingram Merrill
genre poetry ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literaryForm lyric poetry ⓘ
movement postmodern literature ⓘ
notableWork Divine Comedies ⓘ
Nights and Days ⓘ
The Changing Light at Sandover ⓘ
The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace ⓘ
Water Street ⓘ
occupation poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
partner David Jackson ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York

New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
placeOfDeath Connecticut ⓘ
New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
surface form: New Haven

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
residence Athens ⓘ
surface form: Athens, Greece

Town of Stonington, Connecticut ⓘ
surface form: Stonington, Connecticut
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
writingStyle emotionally nuanced ⓘ
formally intricate ⓘ
witty ⓘ

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W. H. Auden → influenced → James Merrill ⓘ
Glascock Poetry Prize → notableRecipient → James Merrill ⓘ
Elizabeth Bishop → influenced → James Merrill ⓘ
Merrill → hasNotableBearer → James Merrill ⓘ
James Merrill → fullName → James Merrill self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Ingram Merrill
James Merrill → author → James Merrill self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Divine Comedies
James Merrill → author → James Merrill self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Changing Light at Sandover
James Merrill → author → James Merrill self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Nights and Days
The Yale Younger Poets Series → hasEditor → James Merrill ⓘ
subject surface form: Yale Younger Poets Series
Farrar, Straus and Giroux → hasPublished → James Merrill ⓘ