biography
| name: |
Nemerov, Howard (Stanley)
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pronunciation:
[nemerof]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1920–91)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in New York City, USA. He studied at Harvard, then taught at several institutions, including Bennington (1948–66) and Washington University, St. Louis (from 1967). He was named consultant in poetry (1963–4) and poet laureate by the Library of Congress (1988), and is known for his literary prose works and blank verse, as in Collected Poems (1977). Trying Conclusions: New and Selected Poems 1961–91 appeared in 1991. |
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