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C. K. Williams
AuthorBooks · Second hand1936-2015
Charles Kenneth "C. K." Williams was an American poet, critic and translator. Williams won many poetry awards. Flesh and Blood won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1987. Repair (1999) won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, was a National Book Award finalist and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The Singing won the 2003 National Book Award and Williams received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 2005. The 2012 film The Color of Time relates aspects of Williams' life using his poetry.
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About C. K. Williams
Birth
1936
Death
2015
First book
1969
Years writing
57
Charles Kenneth "C. K." Williams was an American poet, critic and translator. Williams won many poetry awards. Flesh and Blood won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1987. Repair (1999) won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, was a National Book Award finalist and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The Singing won the 2003 National Book Award and Williams received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 2005. The 2012 film The Color of Time relates aspects of Williams' life using his poetry.
C. K. Williams was born in Newark in 1936 and became a key figure in American poetry.
Throughout his prolific career, he published a total of 34 works that explore the depth of the human condition.
In addition to his work as a poet, he stood out as a rigorous literary critic and translator.
His book Repair is widely recognized as one of his most significant and acclaimed works.
During his life, he balanced his creative work with university teaching, sharing his passion for literature.
