Karl Shapiro
Karl Shapiro Born (1913-11-10)November 10, 1913 Baltimore, Maryland, USA Died May 14, 2000(2000-05-14) (aged 86) New York City, New York, USA Occupation Poet, essayist Nationality United States Alma mater University of Virginia Johns Hopkins University Notable awards Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1945) Bollingen Prize in Poetry (1969) Spouse Evalyn Katz (1945–1967) Teri Kovach (m. 1967) Sophie Wilkins Karl Jay Shapiro (November 10, 1913 – May 14, 2000) was an American poet. He was appointed the fifth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1946.