Bruce Smith
Bruce Smith (born 1946) is an American poet.
Bruce Smith
- Name
- Bruce Smith
- Born
- 1946
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Occupation
- Poet
- Awards
- William Carlos Williams Award (2012) Bruce Smith (born 1946) is an American poet.
- Nationality
- United States
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship
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• Name — Bruce Smith • Born — 1946 • Birthplace — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. • Occupation — Poet • Awards — William Carlos Williams Award (2012) Bruce Smith (born 1946) is an American poet.
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Bruce Smith (born 14 December 1946) is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Bruce Smith was born on 14 December 1946.
Life
Life
Smith was born and raised in Philadelphia. He taught at the University of Alabama, Phillips Academy, Andover and now teaches at Syracuse University. He has been a co-editor of the Graham House Review and a contributing editor of Born Magazine.
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* * • 2009 Pushcart Prize anthology
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Awards
• “Discovery”/The Nation Award winner • 2000 Guggenheim Fellowship • National Endowment for the Arts grant • Massachusetts Foundation for the Arts grant • 1984 National Poetry Series Selection, for Silver and Information • National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Other Lover • National Book Award finalist for Devotions • 2012 William Carlos Williams Award presented by the Poetry Society of America • Finalist, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize
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- 1.Poet Bruce Smith's Reading: Introduction by Katherine V. Halsey. The Thacher School. 2012-01-18.
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- 4.Read By Author - Ploughshares.
- 5.Bruce Smith. Poetry Foundation. 2020-05-20.
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