Howard Nemerov
American poet
Died aged 71PiscesUnited States
Biography
Howard Nemerov (February 29, 1920 – July 5, 1991) was an American poet. Nemerov was the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of English and Distinguished Poet in Residence at Washington University in St. Louis. He was twice Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1988 to 1990. For The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov (1977), he won the National Book Award for Poetry, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and Bollingen Prize.
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Career highlights
Employers / organisations
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Brandeis University
Family
- Parents
- Gertrude Russek Nemerov
- Siblings
- Diane Arbus
Awards & honours (9)
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Bollingen Prize
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
- National Medal of Arts
- United States Poet Laureate
- St. Louis Literary Award
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets
- honorary doctor of the University of Miami
- National Book Award
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- Howard Nemerov was born on February 29, 1920.
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- Howard Nemerov was born in New York City.
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- Howard Nemerov's zodiac sign is Pisces.
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- Howard Nemerov is a citizen of United States.
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- Howard Nemerov is known as poet, writer, university teacher, essayist.
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