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Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009

LC control no.n 50014773
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LC classificationPS3537.N32
Personal name headingSnodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009
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Variant(s)Snodgrass, William De Witt, 1926-2009
See alsoGardons, S. S., 1926-2009
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Graduate of: University of Iowa
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Graduate of: Iowa Writers' Workshop
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Employer: Cornell University
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Employer: University of Rochester
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Employer: Wayne State University
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Employer: Syracuse University
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Employer: Old Dominion University
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Employer: University of Delaware
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LocatedWilkinsburg (Pa.)
Birth date1926-01-05
Death date2009-01-13
Place of birthBeaver Falls (Pa.)
Place of deathNew York (State)
Field of activityLiterature Poetry
AffiliationUniversity of Iowa
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Cornell University
University of Rochester
Wayne State University
Syracuse University
Old Dominion University
University of Delaware
Profession or occupationPoets Authors
Special notePrevious to AACR2 covered by the heading: Snodgrass, William De Witt, 1926-
Found inHis Heart's needle, 1959.
New York times WWW site, Jan. 15, 2009 (W.D. Snodgrass; b. William DeWitt Snodgrass, Jan. 5, 1926; d. Tuesday [Jan. 13, 2009], Erieville, N.Y., aged 83; found the stuff of poetry in the raw material of his emotional life and from it helped forge a bold, self-analytical poetic style in postwar America, winning a Pulitzer Prize for his debut book in 1960)
Biography resource center WWW site, Jan. 15, 2009 (W(illiam) D(e Witt) Snodgrass; b. Jan. 5, 1926, Wilkinsburg, Pa.; sometimes wrote under pseudonym S.S. Gardons; also known as William DeWitt Snodgrass)
LC database, Jan. 15, 2009 (hdg.: Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926- ; usage: W.D. Snodgrass, S.S. Gardons)
Wikipedia, March 9, 2021 (W. D. Snodgrass was born on January 5, 1926, in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. The family lived in Wilkinsburg, later moved to Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; has Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa's Iowa Writers' Workshop; taught at Cornell (1955-57), Rochester (1957-58), Wayne State (1959-68), Old Dominion (1978-79) and the University of Delaware; retired from teaching in 1994)
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