Donald Hall

Donald Hall
Born	(1928-09-20)September 20, 1928 Hamden, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	June 23, 2018(2018-06-23) (aged 89) Wilmot, New Hampshire, U.S.
Occupation	Poet, writer, editor, critic.
Education	Harvard University (BA) Christ Church, Oxford (BLitt)
Period	1950–2018
Genre	Poetry, essays, children's literature, memoirs, biography
Notable awards	Robert Frost Medal (1991)
Spouse	Kirby Thompson (m. 1952–67) Jane Kenyon ​ ​ (m. 1972; died 1995)​

Donald Andrew Hall Jr.^[1] (September 20, 1928 – June 23, 2018) was an American poet, writer, editor, and literary critic. He was the author of over 50 books across several genres from children's literature, biography, memoir, essays, and including 22 volumes of verse. Hall was a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard University, and Christ Church, Oxford.^[2] Early in his career, he became the first poetry editor of The Paris Review (1953–1961), the quarterly literary journal, and was noted for interviewing poets and other authors on their craft.

On June 14, 2006, Hall was appointed as the Library of Congress's 14th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry (commonly known as "Poet Laureate of the United States").^[3] He is regarded as a "plainspoken, rural poet," and it has been said that, in his work, he "explores the longing for a more bucolic past and reflects [an] abiding reverence for nature."^[4]

Hall was respected for his work as an academic, having taught at Stanford University, Bennington College and the University of Michigan, and having made significant contributions to the study and craft of writing.