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Lord Weary's Castle

by Robert Lowell

Pulitzer Prize · 1947 · Winner
PoetryISBN 9780156535007

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry1947Winner

About the Author

Robert Lowell (1917-1977) was an American poet born into a prominent Boston Brahmin family. He won Pulitzer Prizes for Lord Weary's Castle (1947) and The Dolphin (1974), and pioneered confessional poetry with Life Studies (1959), which won the National Book Award. Notable works include For the Union Dead and Notebook 1967-1968, blending personal turmoil with public history, establishing him as a leading postwar American poet.Robert Lowell

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