Richard Howard
Richard Howard | |
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| Born | Richard Joseph Howard October 13, 1929 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | March 31, 2022 (aged 92) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Columbia University (BA) University of Paris |
| Notable awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1966) MacArthur Fellows Program (1996) Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1970) National Book Award (1983) |
Richard Joseph Howard (October 13, 1929 – March 31, 2022), adopted as Richard Joseph Orwitz, was an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and was a graduate of Columbia University, where he studied under Mark Van Doren, and where he was an emeritus professor. He lived in New York City.