howard nemerov

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born March 1, 1920, New York, N.Y., U.S. died July 5, 1991, University City, near St. Louis, Mo. U.S. poet. He attended Harvard University and served as a pilot in World War II before teaching at various colleges, including Bennington. His verse, marked by irony and self-deprecatory wit, is often about nature; it appears in several volumes beginning with The Image and the Law (1947) and including Collected Poems (1977, Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award). His fiction includes The Homecoming Game (1957) and A Commodity of Dreams and Other Stories (1960). He was poet laureate of the U.S. (1988-90). His sister Diane Arbus was a notable photographer

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How·ard nemerov