David Ferry | |
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| Born | March 5, 1924 Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | November 5, 2023 (aged 99) Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet, professor |
| Alma mater | Amherst College; Harvard University |
| Genre | poetry |
| Notable awards | Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize; Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry; Harold Morton Landon Translation Award; National Book Award |
| Spouse | Anne Ferry |
David Russell Ferry (March 5, 1924 – November 5, 2023) was an American poet, translator, and educator.[1] He published eight collections of his poetry and a volume of literary criticism. He won the National Book Award for Poetry for his 2012 collection Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations.