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W. S. Merwin
William Stanley Merwin (born September 30, 1927) is an American poet, credited with over fifty books of poetry, translation and prose.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amazon.com/W.-S.-Merwin/e/B000APD3S6/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 )〕 During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin's unique craft was thematically characterized by indirect, unpunctuated narration. In the 1980s and 1990s, Merwin's writing influence derived from his interest in Buddhist philosophy and deep ecology. Residing in Hawaii, he writes prolifically and is dedicated to the restoration of the islands' rainforests.
Merwin has received many honors, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (in both 1971 and 2009),〔 the National Book Award for Poetry (2005)〔http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2005.html〕 and the Tanning Prize, one of the highest honors bestowed by the Academy of American Poets, as well as the Golden Wreath of the Struga Poetry Evenings. In 2010, the Library of Congress named Merwin the seventeenth United States Poet Laureate to replace the outgoing Kay Ryan. Following his receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2009, Merwin is recognized as one of the principal contributors to poetry in the early 21st century.
==Early life==
W. S. Merwin was born in New York City on September 30, 1927. He grew up on the corner of Fourth Street and New York Avenue in Union City, New Jersey until 1936, when his family moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania. As a child, he was enamored of the natural world, sometimes finding himself talking to the large tree in his back yard. He was also fascinated with things that he saw as links to the past, such as the building behind his home that had once been a barn that housed a horse and carriage.〔Diaz, Lana Rose. "Merwin Speaks"; ''The Union City Reporter''; July 11, 2010; Pages 1 & 9〕 At the age of five he started writing hymns for his father,〔Jay Parini, About W. S. Merwin, article on Modern American Poetry, http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/merwin/life.htm〕 who was a Presbyterian minister.〔
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