Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015
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שם ראשי (לועזית)
Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015
רמיזות
Smit, Vilʹi︠a︡m, 1918-2015
Smith, William Jay, 1918-
Smit, Vilʹi︠a︡m, 1918-
תאריך לידה
1918-04-22
תאריך פטירה
2015-08-18
מדינות קשורות
United States
מקצוע
College teachers
Legislators
Poets laureate
Poets
Translators
שפות קשורות
eng
מגדר
male
MARC
MARC
מקורות מידע
- Esli b mne podarili odnazhdy slona, 1989:t.p. (Uilʹi︠a︡m Dzheĭ Smit)
- His If I had a boat, 1967:title page (William Jay Smith)
- New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 20, 2015(in obituary published Aug. 19: William Jay Smith; b. Apr. 22, 1918, Winnfield, La.; d. Tuesday [Aug. 18, 2015], Pittsfield, Mass., aged 97; lived most recently in Lenox, Mass., and also had a home in Paris; former United States poet laureate whose work was known both for its acuteness of observation and acuteness of craftsmanship; served from 1968 to 1970 as the consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress, as the poet laureate's post was then known; taught at Williams College and Columbia and in the 1980s was poet in residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan; at his death he was an emeritus professor of English at Hollins University in Roanoke, Va.; in the 1960s, when he was living in Pownal, Vt., Smith, a Democrat, served a term in the Vermont state legislature)
- William Jay Smith; born 22 April 1918, Winnfield, Louisiana, USA; American poet; A.B. and M.A. from Washington University in St. Louis, and continued his studies at Columbia University, and Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar; poet in residence at Williams College from 1959-1967, taught at Columbia University from 1973 until 1975. He serves as the Professor Emeritus of English literature at Hollins University; appointed the nineteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1968 to 1970; as of 2008, he lives in houses located in both Cummington, Massachusetts and Paris, France; Smith is the author of ten collections of poetry of which two were finalists for the National Book Award ( (Wikipedia, July 11, 2014) )
- His Poems, 1947.
- His Chas potekhi, 1984t.p. (Vilʹi︠a︡m Smit) cover p. 4 (Vilʹi︠a︡m Dzheĭ Smit)
- Laforgue, J. Berlin, c1996:t.p. (translated by William Jay Smith) p. 4 of cover (Consultant in Poetry to LC, 1968-1970)