C. K. Williams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

C. K. Williams

American poet and critic

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1936

Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 20-Sep-2015

Profession: writer, poet, translator, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Charles Kenneth "C.
K." Williams (November 4, 1936 – September 20, 2015) was an American poet, critic and translator.
Williams won nearly every major poetry award.
Flesh and Blood won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1987.
Repair (1999) won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, was a National Book Award finalist and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
The Singing won the National Book Award, 2003 and in 2005 Williams received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.
The 2012 film Tar related aspects of Williams' life using his poetry.