- William Stanley Merwin was born on September 30, 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Huckleberry Finn (1952), The Night in the Last Branches (2017) and Rumpelstiltskin (1951). He was married to Paula Schwartz, Dorothy Jeanne Ferry and Dido Milroy. He died on March 15, 2019 in Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii, USA.
- SpousesPaula Schwartz(1983 - March 8, 2017) (her death)Dorothy Jeanne Ferry(1952 - ?) (divorced)Dido Milroy(? - 1978) (divorced)
- Distinguished American poet, usually known as W.S. Merwin. As of 2010, he is Poet Laureate of the United States.
- He grew up in Union City, New Jersey and Scranton, Pennsylvania. His father was a Presbyterian minister.
- He wrote two dozen books of poetry, along with story collections, memoirs, plays and translations. His 1970 collection of poems "The Carrier of Ladders" won a Pulitzer Prize, as did "The Shadow of Sirius," an autobiographical collection published in 2008.
- After graduating from Princeton with a bachelor's degree in English, he traveled throughout Europe, translating classic works and working as a tutor.
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