What is W. S. Merwin?
{{infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = W. S. Merwin | image = Merwin.jpg | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1927|9|30}} | birth_place = [[New York City]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|03|15|1927|9|30|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Haiku, Hawaii]] | resting_place = | occupation = Poet | nationality = American | education = [[Wyoming Seminary]], Kingston, PA 1944; [[Princeton University]] (attended) | period = 1952–2019 | genre = Poetry, prose, translation | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = Dorothy Jeanne Ferry<br>Dido Milroy<br>Paula Dunaway (1983–2017) | awards = {{awd |[[PEN Translation Prize]] |1969}} {{awd |[[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]] |1971, 2009}} {{awd |[[Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry]] |1990}} {{awd |[[Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize]] |1994}} {{awd |Tanning Prize |1994}} {{awd |[[National Book Award]] |2005}} {{awd |[[United States Poet Laureate]] |2010}}{{awd |[[Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award]] |2013}} | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = | imagesize = | influences = | influenced = }} '''William Stanley Merwin''' (September 30, 1927 – March 15, 2019) was an American poet.<ref name=Authorship>{{cite web |title=Amazon.com Official Profile |url=https://www.amazon.com/W.-S.-Merwin/e/B000APD3S6/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 |access-date=7 October 2012}}</ref> He was mainly active during the anti-[[Vietnam War]] era. He won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]] (in both 1971 and 2009), the [[National Book Award for Poetry]] (2005)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2005.html|title=2005 National Book Awards Winners and Finalists, The National Book Foundation|website=Nationalbook.org|access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref> and the Tanning Prize, one of the highest honors bestowed by the [[Academy of American Poets]], as well as the