About
Poet, author, and United States Poet Laureate whose works include The Carrier of Ladders and The Shadow of Sirius.
Before Fame
He grew up in New York City and studied at Princeton University.
Trivia
He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in both 1971 and 2009.
Family Life
He was married three times: to Dorothy Jeanne Ferry, Dido Milroy, and Paula Schwartz.
Associated With
He and Robert Lowell both wrote important Vietnam War-era poems.
