David Ignatow

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David Ignatow
New York
, U.S.
OccupationPoet
NationalityAmerican
GenrePoetry

David Ignatow (February 7, 1914 – November 17, 1997) was an American poet and editor.[1]

Life

David Ignatow was born in

East Hampton, New York. His papers are held at University of California, San Diego.[2]

Ignatow began his professional career as a businessman. After committing wholly to poetry, Ignatow worked as an editor of, among other periodicals, the

.

He taught at the

Walt Whitman Birthplace Association
in 1987.

Awards

Ignatow's many honors include a

Frost Medal (1992), and the William Carlos Williams Award (1997) of the Poetry Society of America.[4]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "David Ignatow biography". September 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Ignatow (David) Papers".
  3. ^ "David Ignatow, Poet".
  4. ^ "About David Ignatow | Academy of American Poets".

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