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Karl Shapiro

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Biography

Name: Karl (Jay) Shapiro
Variant Name: Karl (Jay) Shapiro, Karl Jay Shapiro
Birth Date: November 10, 1913
Nationality: American
Gender: Male

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Biography of Karl (Jay) Shapiro
3,549 words, approx. 12 pages
In an essay first published in The Writer's Experience (1964) Karl Shapiro recalled a woman who came up to him just before a lecture he was about to give on anarchism and said crisply: "I don't believe a word you are going to say, and I don't think you...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Karl Shapiro Information
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Karl Jay Shapiro (b. November 10 1913, Baltimore, Maryland – d. May 14 2000, New York City) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. He wrote poetry in the Pacific Theater while he served there during World War II. His collection V-Letter and Other Poems,...


News and Journals
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The Independent - London
Obituary: Karl Shapiro
05/25/2000: 1,251 words, approx. 4 pages
LIKE MANY of his more accomplished contemporaries, the poet Karl Shapiro became famous at a young age. He won the Pulitzer Prize at the remarkable age of 32, then one year later was appointed Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress in...
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Karl Shapiro, At 86; Won Pulitzer In Poetry
05/25/2000: 454 words, approx. 2 pages
Special from the Los Angeles Times The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 05-25-2000 KARL SHAPIRO, AT 86; WON PULITZER IN POETRY By Special from the Los Angeles Times Date: 05-25-2000, Thursday Section: NEWS Edition: All Editions -- Two Star P, Two Star B, One Star...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Joseph Reino
9,511 words, approx. 32 pages
In the following essay, Reino provides a stylistic and thematic analysis of The Bourgeois Poet.
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Critical Essay by Louis D. Rubin, Jr.
7,133 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following stylistic analysis of The Bourgeois Poet, Rubin derides the design of The Bourgeois Poet, maintaining that the only unifying element is the force of the poet's personality, which fails to add coherence to the poems comprising the volume.
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Critical Essay by Edwin Fussell
6,615 words, approx. 22 pages
In the following essay, Fussell examines Shapiro's poetic development.
 


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