W. S. Merwin - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	30-September-1927
Place of Birth	New York City (New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	William Stanley Merwin, Merwin, W.S., William S. Merwin
Profession	Poet, Author, Essayist, Playwright, Translator
William Stanley Merwin 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 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.

Awards by W. S. Merwin

Check all the awards nominated and won by W. S. Merwin.

2009

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Honored for : The Shadow of Sirius

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry	The Shadow of Sirius

2006

Ambassador Book Award for Poetry	Honored for : Migration: New & Selected Poems
Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry	Honored for : Present company

2005

National Book Award for Poetry

Honored for : Selected Poems

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry	Selected Poems

2004

Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award

2003

American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Poetry

1998

Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize

1994

Wallace Stevens Award

1979

Bollingen Prize

1975

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Translation	Selected Poems

1974

Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Translation	Asian figures

1973

Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada	(Poetry)

1971

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Honored for : The Carrier of Ladders

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry	The Carrier of Ladders

1968

Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry	The lice

1964

Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry	The moving target

1957

Nominations 1957 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry	Green with beasts

1953

Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry	A Mask for Janus

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