Bloom's Major Poets - W.S. Merwin - Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (120p) [Inua].pdf

Title: W. S. Merwin
Author: Harold Bloom
Series: Bloom's Major Poets
Library Binding: 119 pages
Publisher: Chelsea House Pub (L); Stg edition (April 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0791078884
ISBN-13: 978-0791078884

Description:
Offers a biographical profile of the poet and provides analyses and critical views of his work, including The Drunk in the Furnace, For the Anniversary of My Death, and The River of Bees.

William Stanley Merwin (born September 30, 1927) is an American poet, credited with over fifty books of poetry, translation and prose. During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin's unique craft was thematically characterized by indirect, unpunctuated narration. In the 1980s and 1990s, Merwin's writing influence derived from his interest in Buddhist philosophy and deep ecology. Residing in Hawaii, he writes prolifically and is dedicated to the restoration of the islands' rainforests.

Merwin has received many honors, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (in both 1971 and 2009), the National Book Award for Poetry (2005) and the Tanning Prize, one of the highest honors bestowed by the Academy of American Poets, as well as the Golden Wreath of the Struga Poetry Evenings. In 2010, the Library of Congress named Merwin the seventeenth United States Poet Laureate to replace the outgoing Kay Ryan.