James Merrill

James Ingram Merrill (March 3, 1926 – February 6, 1995) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American writer, increasingly regarded as one of the most important 20th century poets in the English language.

Awards

Merrill was awarded every major poetry award in the United States, including the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Divine Comedies. Merrill won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1983 for his epic poem The Changing Light at Sandover (composed partly of supposedly supernatural messages received via the use of a Ouija board). In 1990, he received the first Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry awarded by the Library of Congress for The Inner Room. He received the National Book Award for Nights and Days in 1967 and again in 1979 for '. He won the Bollingen Prize for Poetry in 1973.

Related Topics:
Pulitzer Prize - Divine Comedies - National Book Critics Circle Award - The Changing Light at Sandover - Supernatural - Ouija board - Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry - Library of Congress - The Inner Room - National Book Award - Nights and Days

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