James Tate

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human poet university teacher

James Tate was an American poet known for his surreal, witty, and often darkly humorous verse, which earned him major honors including the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.

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James Tate canonical	2

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instanceOf	human ⓘ poet ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
author	James Tate NERFINISHED ⓘ James Tate NERFINISHED ⓘ James Tate NERFINISHED ⓘ James Tate NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	National Book Award for Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ National Book Award for Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace Stevens Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1943-12-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2015-07-08 ⓘ
educatedAt	Iowa Writers' Workshop NERFINISHED ⓘ Kansas State College of Pittsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	University of Massachusetts Amherst NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Tate NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	poetry ⓘ
givenName	James ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
movement	contemporary poetry ⓘ
name	James Tate NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAwardWork	Selected Poems NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Return to the City of White Donkeys NERFINISHED ⓘ Selected Poems NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lost Pilot NERFINISHED ⓘ Worshipful Company of Fletchers NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	poet ⓘ professor ⓘ writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kansas City, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Amherst, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Professor of English ⓘ
residence	Amherst, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Dara Wier NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingStyle	darkly humorous ⓘ surreal ⓘ witty ⓘ

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Wallace Stevens Award → notableRecipient → James Tate ⓘ