Galway Kinnell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Galway Kinnell

poet

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1927

Place of Birth: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Date of Death: 28-Oct-2014

Profession: writer, poet, translator, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Galway Kinnell

  • Galway Mills Kinnell (February 1, 1927 – October 28, 2014) was an American poet.
  • He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his 1982 collection, Selected Poems and split the National Book Award for Poetry with Charles Wright. From 1989 to 1993 he was poet laureate for the state of Vermont. An admitted follower of Walt Whitman, Kinnell rejects the idea of seeking fulfillment by escaping into the imaginary world.
  • His best-loved and most anthologized poems are "St.
  • Francis and the Sow" and "After Making Love We Hear Footsteps".

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