I lived from 1925-2004. I was from the United States, and am in the Americas category.
Donald Justice was born in Miami, Florida on August 12, 1925. He earned degrees from the University of Miami (B. A. 1945), the University of North Carolina (M.A. 1947), and the University of Iowa (Ph.D. 1954). He held teaching positions at the University of Florida, the University of Miami, the University of Iowa, where he taught for many years at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, the nation's first graduate program in creative writing, Syracuse University, the University of California at Irvine, Princeton University and the University of Virginia. He retired from teaching in 1992.
Donald published thirteen collections of his poetry. He won the Lamont Poetry Prize given by the Academy of American Poets in 1961; the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1980, the Bollingen Prize in Poetry in 1991, and the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry in 1996. He was also awarded grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 1997 to 2003. He was nominated for the National Book Award in 2004. Justice was also a National Book Award Finalist in 1961, 1974, and 1995.
Donald Justice died in Iowa City, Iowa on August 6, 2004.
Donald published thirteen collections of his poetry. He won the Lamont Poetry Prize given by the Academy of American Poets in 1961; the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1980, the Bollingen Prize in Poetry in 1991, and the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry in 1996. He was also awarded grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 1997 to 2003. He was nominated for the National Book Award in 2004. Justice was also a National Book Award Finalist in 1961, 1974, and 1995.
Donald Justice died in Iowa City, Iowa on August 6, 2004.
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