William Carlos Williams | |
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.jpg) Williams in 1921 | |
| Born | September 17, 1883 Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | March 4, 1963 (aged 79) Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, physician |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Literary movement | Modernism, Imagism |
| Notable works | "This Is Just to Say" "The Red Wheelbarrow" "The Great Figure" Paterson Spring and All |
| Spouse |
Florence Herman (m. 1912) |
William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) was an American poet and a medical doctor. His mother was born in Puerto Rico. His father was raised in the Dominican Republic.
Williams' autobiography was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1952. In 1963 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Pictures from Brueghel. He also wrote short stories and novels. He was a major writer of modernist literature. He was friends with other important American poets such as Ezra Pound and Allen Ginsberg.
Some of his famous books are Kora in Hell (1920), Spring and All (1923), Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems (1962), and the epic poem Paterson (1963, 1992).
