Subseries BXB/1/1/MER - W. S. Merwin

Identity area

Reference code

BXB/1/1/MER

Title

W. S. Merwin

Date(s)

  • 2007 - 2009 (Creation)

Level of description

Subseries

Extent and medium

1 box

Context area

Name of creator

(1927-2019)

Biographical history

W.S. Merwin is Poet Laureate of the United States for 2010-11. He has been awarded most of the principal prizes in American poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize (twice), the Bollingen Prize and the Tanning Prize and a Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award. ... Read more

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Consists of letters and proofs relating to the published poetry works of W. S. Merwin.

Allied materials area

Related units of description

Other archival material for W.S. Merwin can be found at the British Library, Manuscript Collections.

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