Howard Nemerov | |
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| Born | February 29, 1920 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | July 5, 1991 (aged 71) University City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) |
| Notable awards | National Book Award 1978 Pulitzer Prize 1978 |
| Children | 3, including Alexander Nemerov |
| Relatives | Diane Arbus (sister) Doon Arbus (niece) Amy Arbus (niece) |
Howard Nemerov (February 29, 1920 – July 5, 1991) was an American poet. He was twice Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1988 to 1990.[1] For The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov (1977), he won the National Book Award for Poetry,[2] Pulitzer Prize for Poetry,[3] and Bollingen Prize.
Nemerov was brother to photographer Diane Nemerov Arbus and father to art historian Alexander Nemerov, Professor of the History of Art and American Studies at Stanford University.
- ^ "Poet Laureate Timeline: 1961-1970". Library of Congress. 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
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"National Book Awards – 1978". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
(With acceptance speech by Nemerov and essay by Ross Gay from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.) - ^ "Poetry". Past winners & finalists by category. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2012-04-07.