william carlos williams

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Definition of william carlos williams in English English dictionary

a US poet and medical doctor who wrote mainly about ordinary life. His best known poems include Paterson. He also wrote plays and essays, and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1963 for Pictures from Breughel (1883-1963). born Sept. 17, 1883, Rutherford, N.J., U.S. died March 4, 1963, Rutherford U.S. poet. Trained as a pediatrician, Williams wrote poetry and practiced medicine in his hometown. He is noted for making the ordinary appear extraordinary through clear and discrete imagery, as in the fresh and direct impressions of the sensuous world expressed in "The Red Wheelbarrow," from Spring and All (1923). Paterson (1946-58), a five-part long poem, evokes a complex vision of modern American life. In 1963 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for Pictures from Brueghel (1962). His numerous prose works include essays, a trilogy of novels, short stories, drama, and autobiography

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Wil·liam Car·los Wil·liams

Turkish pronunciation

wîlyım kärlōs wîlyımz

Pronunciation

/ˈwəlyəm ˈkärlōs ˈwəlyəmz/ /ˈwɪljəm ˈkɑːrloʊs ˈwɪljəmz/