A. R. Ammons
A. R. Ammons Ammons in 1998 Born (1926-02-18)February 18, 1926 near Whiteville, North Carolina Died February 25, 2001(2001-02-25) (aged 75) Ithaca, New York Occupation poet, columnist, essayist Nationality American Education Wake Forest University University of California, Berkeley Archie Randolph Ammons (February 18, 1926 – February 25, 2001) was an American poet who won the annual National Book Award for Poetry in 1973 and 1993. He wrote about humanity's relationship to nature in alternately comic and solemn tones.