W. S. Merwin

American poet (1927–2019).

Born September 30th, 1927 in New York City.

Died March 15th, 2019 at 91 years old in Haiku (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Occupations
poet, translator, writer
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine