Randall Jarrell

Nationality

American

Description

Randall Jarrell (May 6, 1914 – October 14, 1965) was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist. He was the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress—a position that now bears the title Poet Laureate of the United States.
Among other honors, Jarrell was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for the years 1947–48; a grant from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, in 1951; and the National Book Award for Poetry, in 1961.

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Gender

Male

The best books of all time by Randall Jarrell

  1. 368 . Poetry and the Age by Randall Jarrell

    The book for showing how 20th- century poets think, what their poetry does, and why it matters.