W.S. Merwin

W.S. Merwin

W.S. Merwin was born in New York on September 30th, 1927 and passed away at the age of 91 on March 15th, 2019.

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W.S. Merwin Stats: The most read book by W.S. Merwin on Book Notification is The Shadow of Sirius, a Collection.

Below is a complete list of W.S. Merwin books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Drunk In The Furnace
1960
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2
Some Spanish Ballads
1961
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3
Poem of the Cid
1962
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4
The Lice
1967
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5
The Miner's Pale Children
1970
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6
The Carrier of Ladders
1971
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7
The Compass Flower
1977
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8
Houses and Travellers
1977
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9
Finding the Islands
1982
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10
Opening The Hand
1983
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11
The Rain in the Trees
1987
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12
W. S. Merwin: Selected Poems
1988
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13
Selected Poems
1988
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14
Travels
1992
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15
The Lost Upland
1992
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16
The Vixen
1996
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17
Lament for the Makers
1996
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18
Flower & Hand
1996
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19
East Window
1998
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20
The River Sound
1999
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21
The Pupil
2001
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22
The Mays of Ventadorn
2002
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23
The Ends of the Earth
2004
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24
Migration
2005
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25
Present Company
2005
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26
The Book of Fables
2007
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27
The Shadow of Sirius
2008
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28
The Moon Before Morning
2014
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29
Garden Time
2016
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30
What Is a Garden?
2016
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31
The Essential W.S. Merwin
2017
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32
A Mask for Janus
2019
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Unframed Originals
1982
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2
The Folding Cliffs
1998
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3
Summer Doorways
2005
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List of W.S. Merwin Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
O Taste and See: Food Poems
2003
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2
Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania
2005
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3
The Dire Elegies
2006
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4
Kenyon Review Fall 2010
2010
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5
Everything is Going to be All Right
2021
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W.S. Merwin

W.S. Merwin was born on September 30th, 1927. W.S. passed away March 15th, 2019 at 91 years old. W.S. Merwin was born in New York.

W.S. Merwin was the author of the W.S. Merwin Collections series which consists of 32 novels. The W.S. Merwin Collections series started in 1960 with the novel The Drunk In The Furnace. The most recently released novel in the W.S. Merwin Collections series was A Mask for Janus which was released in 2019. There are no upcoming novels for the W.S. Merwin Collections series.

W.S. Merwin also wrote the Non-Fiction Books series which has 3 books including Unframed Originals and The Folding Cliffs.

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W.S. Merwin: F.A.Q

When was W.S. Merwin Born?

W.S. Merwin was born on September 30th, 1927.

When did W.S. Merwin die?

W.S. Merwin died on March 15th, 2019 at 91 years old.

Where was W.S. Merwin Born?

W.S. Merwin was born in New York.

What was the first book W.S. Merwin wrote?

The first book written by W.S. Merwin was The Drunk In The Furnace, published in 1960.

What was the most recent book W.S. Merwin wrote?

Their most recently released work was A Mask for Janus (a short story) on October 22nd, 2019.

How many books has W.S. Merwin written?

W.S. Merwin has written 35 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 32 books in the Collections, 3 books in the Non-Fiction Books.

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