William Morris Meredith Jr.

About

American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize for Partial Accounts and the National Book Award for Effort at Speech.

Before Fame

He published his first volume of poetry while he was still a student at Princeton University.

Trivia

He served as United States Poet Laureate from 1978 to 1980.

Family Life

He lived with his partner, fellow poet Richard Harteis, for thirty-six years.

Associated With

He was greatly influenced by the work of William Butler Yeats.