W. D. Snodgrass

W. D. Snodgrass
BornWilliam De Witt Snodgrass
(1926-01-05)January 5, 1926
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, US
DiedJanuary 13, 2009(2009-01-13) (aged 83)
Erieville, New York, US
Pen name
  • W. D. Snodgrass
  • S. S. Gardons
OccupationPoet, professor
EducationGeneva College
University of Iowa (BA, MA, MFA)
Literary movementConfessional poetry
Notable worksHeart's Needle
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for Poetry (1960)
Spouse
  • Lila Hank
    (m. 1946; div. 1953)
  • Janice Ferguson Wilson
    (m. 1954; div. 1966)
  • Camille Rykowski
    (m. 1967; div. 1978)
  • Kathleen Brown
    (m. 1985)
Children2

William De Witt Snodgrass (January 5, 1926 – January 13, 2009) was an American poet who also wrote under the pseudonym S. S. Gardons. He won the 1960 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.