A. R. Ammons

Poet, Musical Artist

1926 – 2001

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Who was A. R. Ammons?

Archie Randolph Ammons was an American poet who won the annual National Book Award for Poetry in 1973 and 1993. He wrote about humanity's relationship to nature in alternately comic and solemn tones.

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Born
Feb 18, 1926
Whiteville
Also known as
  • A.R. Ammons
  • Ammons, A.R.
Ethnicity
  • White American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • M.A., University of California, Berkeley
  • Wake Forest University
    Biology
Employment
  • Cornell University
    (1964 - 1998)
Lived in
  • North Carolina
Died
Feb 25, 2001
Ithaca

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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