Collected Poems
by Merrill, James
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New/Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0375411399
- ISBN 13
- 9780375411397
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Synopsis
James Merrill was born on March 3, 1926, in New York City and died on February 6, 1995. From the mid-1950's on, he lived in Stonington, Connecticut, and for extended periods he also had houses in Athens and Key West. From The Black Swan (1946) through A Scattering of Salts (1995), he wrote twelve books of poems, ten of them published in trade editions, as well as The Changing Light at Sandover (1982). He also published two plays, The Immortal Husband (1956) and The Bait (1860); two novels, The Seraglio (1957, reissued in 1987) and The (Diblos) Notebook (1965, reissued in 1994); a book of essays, interviews, and reviews, Recitative (1986); and a memoir, A Different Person (1993). Over the years, he was the winner of numerous awards for his poetry, including two National Book Awards, the Bollingen Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, and the first Bobbitt Prize from the Library of Congress. He was a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Southampton Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 155251
- Title
- Collected Poems
- Author
- Merrill, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375411399
- ISBN 13
- 9780375411397
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2001-02-27
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