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Simpson, Louis, 1923-2012

LC control no.n 50023694
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3537.I75
Personal name headingSimpson, Louis, 1923-2012
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Variant(s)Simpson, Louis Aston Marantz, 1923-2012
Simpson, Luj, 1923-2012
LocatedNew York (State)
Birth date1923-03-27
Death date2012-09-14
Place of birthKingston (Jamaica)
Place of deathStony Brook (N.Y.)
Field of activityPoetry
Profession or occupationPoets Authors
Poet
Found inHis A dream of governors ... 1959.
Sovremena amerikanska poezija, 1978: t.p. (Luj Simpson)
Contemporary authors online, Aug. 24, 2010 (Louis (Aston Marantz) Simpson; b. Mar. 27, 1923)
New York times WWW site, Sept. 18, 2012 (in obituary published Sept. 17: Louis Simpson; Louis Aston Marantz Simpson; b. Mar. 27, 1923, Kingston, Jamaica; d. Friday [Sept. 14, 2012], Stony Brook, N.Y., aged 89; Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who told characteristically American tales of common people and often cast a skeptical eye on the American dream)
Associated languageeng