Date of Birth
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08-April-1930
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Place of Birth
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Hoxie
(Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Profession
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Writer, Poet, Editor, Translator, Author, Teacher, Publisher
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Miller Williams is an American contemporary poet, as well as a translator and editor. He has authored over 25 books and won several awards for his poetry. His accomplishments have been chronicled in Arkansas Biography. He is perhaps best known for reading a poem at President Clinton's 1997 inauguration. One of his best-known poems is "The Shrinking Lonesome Sestina."
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