William Stafford (poet)

William Stafford
William Stafford
Born	William Edgar Stafford (1914-01-17)January 17, 1914 Hutchinson, Kansas, USA
Died	August 28, 1993(1993-08-28) (aged 79) Lake Oswego, Oregon, USA
Occupation	Poet
Period	1962–1993
Notable awards	National Book Award for Poetry (1963), Guggenheim Fellowship (1966), Western States Book Award (1992), Robert Frost Medal (1993)
Spouse	Dorothy Hope Frantz
Children	Kim Stafford, Kit Stafford, Barbara Stafford

William Edgar Stafford (January 17, 1914 – August 28, 1993) was an American poet and pacifist. He was the father of poet and essayist Kim Stafford. He was appointed the twentieth Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1970.^[1]