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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joseph Brodsky	Poet	24-May-1940	28-Jan-1996	"Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate
Rita Dove	Poet	28-Aug-1952		7th US Poet Laureate, 1993-95
Louise Glück	Author	22-Apr-1943		The Wild Iris
Donald Hall	Poet	20-Sep-1928		The One Day
Robert Hass	Poet	1-Mar-1941		US Poet Laureate, 1995-97
Ted Kooser	Poet	25-Apr-1939		Poet Laureate of the United States
Stanley Kunitz	Poet	29-Jul-1905	14-May-2006	US Poet Laureate, 2000
Robert Lowell	Poet	1-Mar-1917	12-Sep-1977	Lord Weary's Castle
W. S. Merwin	Poet	30-Sep-1927		The Carrier of Ladders
Howard Nemerov	Poet	1-Mar-1920	5-Jul-1991	US Poet Laureate, 1987-88
Robert Pinsky	Poet	20-Oct-1940		US Poet Laureate, 1997-2000
Charles Simic	Poet	9-May-1938		The World Doesn't End
Mark Strand	Poet	11-Apr-1934	29-Nov-2014	U.S. Poet Laureate 1990-91
Robert Penn Warren	Poet	24-Apr-1905	15-Sep-1989	First US Poet Laureate
Richard Wilbur	Poet	1-Mar-1921		Second U.S. Poet Laureate

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