About
Poet and 1964 Pulitzer Prize recipient whose best- known works include At the End of the Open Road and Struggling Times. After publishing The Owner of the House: New Collected Poems, 1940–2001, he was a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize.
Before Fame
He studied at Columbia University and at the University of Paris. He published his debut poetry collection, The Arrivistes, in 1949.
Trivia
He was a member of the 101st Airborne Division during World War II.
Family Life
He was the son of Jamaican lawyer Aston Simpson and his Russian-born wife Rosalind Marantz.
Associated With
He and Claude McKay were both poets of Jamaican heritage.
