Memorial pages by award

Shelley Memorial Award

American poetry award

Memorial Pages

37 memorial pages of recipients of the Shelley Memorial Award

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X. J. Kennedy

08/21/1929 – 02/01/2026

96 years

American writer (born 1929)

Peabody

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Family Tree

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Alice Notley

11/08/1945 – 05/19/2025

79 years

14th arrondissement of Paris

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Bernadette Mayer

05/12/1945 – 11/22/2022

77 years

New York City

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Jean Valentine

04/27/1934 – 12/29/2020

86 years

Manhattan

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Marie Ponsot

04/06/1921 – 07/05/2019

98 years

Manhattan

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W. S. Merwin

09/30/1927 – 03/15/2019

91 years

American poet

Haiku

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Mary Oliver

09/10/1935 – 01/17/2019

83 years

American poet

Hobe Sound

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Ntozake Shange

10/18/1948 – 10/27/2018

70 years

African American writer and performance artist

Bowie

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Shirley Kaufman

06/05/1923 – 09/25/2016

93 years

San Francisco

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Kenneth Irby

11/18/1936 – 07/30/2015

78 years

United States

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Family Tree

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Eleanor Ross Taylor

06/30/1920 – 12/30/2011

91 years

Falls Church

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Lucille Clifton

06/27/1936 – 02/13/2010

73 years

Baltimore

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Hayden Carruth

08/03/1921 – 09/29/2008

87 years

Munnsville

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Jane Cooper

10/09/1924 – 10/26/2007

83 years

Newtown

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Jon Anderson

07/04/1940 – 10/20/2007

67 years

Tucson

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Stanley Kunitz

07/29/1905 – 05/14/2006

100 years

American poet

New York City

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Richard Eberhart

04/05/1904 – 06/09/2005

101 years

Hanover

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Robert Creeley

05/21/1926 – 03/30/2005

78 years

American poet

Odessa

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Mona Van Duyn

05/09/1921 – 12/02/2004

83 years

University City

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Alan Dugan

02/12/1923 – 09/03/2003

80 years

Hyannis

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Theodore Weiss

12/16/1916 – 04/15/2003

86 years

United States

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Kenneth Koch

02/27/1925 – 07/06/2002

77 years

New York City

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Leo Connellan

11/30/1928 – 02/22/2001

72 years

Sprague

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Family Tree

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Karl Shapiro

11/10/1913 – 05/14/2000

86 years

New York City

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