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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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