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collection contains letters, drafts, speeches, and papers relating to many organizations with which Meredith was associated, such as the Library of Congress, the Academy of American Poets, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Connecticut College, Princeton University, Yaddo, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, cultural and governmental agencies in Bulgaria, and the Estate of W. H. Auden.
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Connecticut College acquired the papers in 1994. They are in the Special Collections department of the Charles E. Shain Library. One may consult the collection by arrangement with the Special Collections Librarian. The library also has a virtually complete collection of Meredith's published work,
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One of the most complete collections of Meredith's work, "The William Meredith Papers," is housed at Connecticut College, where he taught. The collection documents his life and work as of one of Connecticut College's most eminent faculty members and one of the nation's most respected poets. The
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including many of the anthologies and issues of literary journals in which individual poems were published or reprinted. The book collection also includes presentation copies of
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fellowship, the Harriet Monroe Memorial Prize, the Carl Sandburg Award, and the International Vaptsarov Prize in Poetry.
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Meredith was born in New York City to William Morris Meredith Sr. and Nelley Keyser. He attended
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In 1983, Meredith suffered a stroke and was immobilized for two years. The stroke caused
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in Massachusetts, graduating in 1936. He began writing while a college student at
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and reached the rank of lieutenant. He continued his service in the
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From 1946 to 1950, Meredith had several teaching appointments at
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Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress
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Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress
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from Princeton in 1940, having written a senior thesis on
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From 1964 to 1987, Meredith served as Chancellor of the
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Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
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Meredith, Noted Poet, Dies At 88" 8: 905:"William Meredith, The Art of Poetry No. 34" 877:William Meredith profile and selected works 777:"Movie honors life of award-winning poet," 184:selected it for publication as part of the 1453: 1439: 1431: 953: 939: 931: 899:Library, Department of Special Collections 637: 635: 633: 31: 20: 1785:United States Navy pilots of World War II 665: 663: 661: 398:The Wreck of the Thresher and Other Poems 653:Past winners & finalists by category 452:Effort at Speech: New and Selected Poems 435:Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems 296:Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems 851:William Meredith and Robert Drew papers 566: 456:. Northwestern University Press. 1997. 962:Poets Laureate / Consultants in Poetry 759:from the original on December 13, 2012 490:, University of Michigan Press, 1991, 922:Authorities — with 71 catalog records 847:at Washington University in St. Louis 600: 598: 596: 581:from the original on December 5, 2008 210:as a carrier pilot. He served in the 7: 1800:20th-century American naval officers 575:"Poet Laureate Timeline: 1971–1980" 368:Love Letter from an Impossible Land 261:. He was also an instructor at the 178:Love Letter from an Impossible Land 1815:20th-century American male writers 471:—winner of the National Book Award 410:Earth Walk: New and Selected Poems 286:In 1988, Meredith was awarded the 14: 1820:20th-century American LGBT people 1810:20th-century American translators 1740:Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winners 1720:LGBT people from New York (state) 618:from the original on July 5, 2015 1710:American people of Welsh descent 1627: 926:Poetry Foundation biography page 196:Meredith worked briefly for the 517:, Editor (Unicorn Press, 1985) 747:Fox, Margalit (June 1, 2007). 546:National Book Award for Poetry 511:, Translator (Doubleday, 1964) 300:National Book Award for Poetry 263:Bread Loaf Writers' Conference 176:. His first volume of poetry, 1: 1765:University of Hawaiʻi faculty 903:Edward Hirsch (Spring 1985). 791:"National Book Awards – 1965" 721:Elaine Stoll (May 31, 2007). 670:"National Book Awards – 1997" 577:. Library of Congress. 2008. 445:—winner of the Pulitzer Prize 1780:United States Naval Aviators 1755:Princeton University faculty 388:The Open Sea and Other Poems 292:Los Angeles Times Book Award 259:Bread Loaf School of English 204:United States Army Air Force 186:Yale Series of Younger Poets 130:Richard Harteis (1970s–2007) 1760:Connecticut College faculty 1745:Recipients of the Air Medal 1735:Princeton University alumni 1730:National Book Award winners 1700:20th-century American poets 867:William Meredith Foundation 683:. Retrieved April 8, 2012. 611:William Meredith Foundation 306:. Meredith also received a 137:William Morris Meredith Jr. 43:William Morris Meredith Jr. 1836: 1805:Middlebury College faculty 1795:American Korean War pilots 1750:Yale Younger Poets winners 891:November 29, 2013, at the 796:November 19, 2018, at the 675:November 22, 2018, at the 382:Princeton University Press 220:United States Navy Reserve 1636: 1625: 1469: 1462:Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 972: 881:Academy of American Poets 536:Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 509:Alcools: Poems, 1898-1913 502:Translation and Anthology 406:(privately printed, 1964) 288:Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 270:Academy of American Poets 145:Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 30: 681:National Book Foundation 1705:American Poets Laureate 1050:William Carlos Williams 845:William Meredith papers 647:March 29, 2012, at the 507:Guillaume Apollinaire, 378:Ships and Other Figures 343:New London, Connecticut 69:New London, Connecticut 606:"Foundation Biography" 488:Poems Are Hard to Read 325:A longtime admirer of 298:. In 1997, he won the 886:William Meredith page 556:Guggenheim Fellowship 372:Yale University Press 308:Guggenheim Foundation 818:on February 12, 2007 812:"Reasons for poetry" 239:University of Hawaii 235:Princeton University 180:, appeared in 1944. 166:Princeton University 100:Princeton University 1770:American male poets 1715:American LGBT poets 1394:Juan Felipe Herrera 966:Library of Congress 920:Library of Congress 911:. 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New London, Connecticut
Princeton University
BA
National Book Award
Pulitzer Prize
Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Lenox School
Princeton University
magna cum laude
Robert Frost
Archibald MacLeish
Yale Series of Younger Poets
New York Times
United States Army Air Force
United States Navy
Aleutian Islands
Pacific Theater
United States Navy Reserve
Korean War
Air Medals
Princeton University
University of Hawaii
Connecticut College
Uncasville
Thames
Middlebury College
Bread Loaf School of English
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference

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