James Tate | |
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![]() Tate (left) at the Grolier Poetry Book Shop in 1965 with the owner, Gordon Cairnie | |
Born | James Vincent Tate December 8, 1943 Kansas City, Missouri, US |
Died | July 8, 2015 Amherst, Massachusetts, US | (aged 71)
Education | Pittsburg State University (BA) University of Iowa (MFA) |
Notable works | Worshipful Company of Fletchers |
Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize 1992 National Book Award 1994 |
Spouse | Dara Weir |
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James Vincent Tate (December 8, 1943 – July 8, 2015) was an American poet. His work earned him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He was a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst[1][2][3] and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.