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Karl Shapiro

American poet and essayist (1913-2000)
Person Human Q2906282

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[26]
Date of birth
November 10, 1913
Date of death
May 14, 2000
Place of birth
Baltimore
Place of death
New York City
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Occupation
poet, consultant, editor, literary critic
Employer
University of California, Davis, University of Iowa, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Johns Hopkins University, University of Illinois Chicago, Library of Congress, Poetry[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Educated at
Johns Hopkins University, University of Virginia[18][19]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Bollingen Prize, Shelley Memorial Award[20][21][22][23]
Spouse
Evalyn Katz[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[30]
Archives at
University of Maryland Libraries[27]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Family name
Shapiro[28]
Given name
Karl[29]
Has works in the collection
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Letters[24][25]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Harry Ransom Center[31]
Personal library at
Harry Ransom Center
🏷️ Also known as
en Carl Shapiro en Karl Shapiro en Karl Jay Shapiro ar كارل شابيرو cs Karl Gay Shapiro da Karl Jay Shapiro de Karl Jay Shapiro es Karl Jay Shapiro fr Karl Jay Shapiro he קארל שפירו he קארל שפירא he קרל שפירא he קרל שפירו it Karl Jay Shapiro ja カール・シャピロ ko 칼 샤피로 nl Karl Jay Shapiro pl Karl Jay Shapiro sv Karl Jay Shapiro zh 卡尔·夏皮罗
🔖 Identifiers · 82
ISNI
0000000110817901
VIAF cluster ID
109257053
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n79021704
GND ID
118796879
AbART person ID
32331
American National Biography ID
1603424
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/80136
ArchivesSpace agent ID
people/932
Awards & Winners artist ID
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BIBSYS ID
90070872
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12161844x
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
shapiro-karl-jay
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CONOR.SI ID
255979619
CONOR.SR ID
18746215
CiNii Research ID
1140282266539677440
DDB person (GND) ID
118796879
Databazeknih.cz author ID
46998
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118796879
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
185831
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Karl-Shapiro
Europeana entity
agent/base/64489
FAST ID
1899593
Find a Grave memorial ID
211495931
Freebase ID
/m/02dmvt
Geni profile ID
6000000029513514021
Goodreads author ID
170583
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
karl-shapiro
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0062447
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Karl_Jay_Shapiro
Guggenheim fellows ID
karl-shapiro
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
55667
IdRef ID
030143535
Illinois Center for the Book author ID
6474
IxTheo authority ID
079572405
J9U entity ID
987007268047105171
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID
118796879
KBR person ID
14247161
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118796879
Lex ID
Karl_Shapiro
Libraries Australia ID
49283652, 35492816
Libris-URI
53hkn3pp1wt4dq8
LiederNet author ID
21299
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01800727
NDL Authority ID
00526097
NE.se ID
karl-shapiro
NL CR AUT ID
jn19990007474
NLA Trove people ID
1494101, 972824
NNDB people ID
608/000099311
NUKAT ID
n98702101
National Library of Greece ID
110200, 116621
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls000064027
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000121137
National Library of Latvia ID
000057250
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:BLMG;=0L
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810697601105606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX6358849
National Virtual Library of India ID
108512
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068428960
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3974495
Open Library ID
OL395980A
Our Campaigns candidate ID
332267
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100459534
Parsifal cluster ID
112539
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
49801
Poetry Foundation ID
karl-shapiro
Poetry Society of America poet ID
karl_shapiro
Poets.org poet ID
karl-shapiro
Prabook ID
355473
RERO ID (legacy)
A003825653
SBN author ID
RAVV029806
SELIBR ID
253821
SHARE Catalogue author ID
193010
SNAC ARK ID
w6r211nn
SVKKL authority ID
0445547-Shapiro-Karl-Gay-19132000
Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID
27660
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
4041
The Paris Review interviewee ID
2820
Treccani ID
karl-shapiro
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV11316836
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/269671
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJj8KPcKF4PG93fY8vMgKd
Yale LUX ID
person/d915a59d-a6fb-4d5d-92dd-95a754628d90

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🔗 Connections
Employer 7
Library of Congress, Johns Hopkins University, University of California, Davis, University of Iowa, University of Illinois Chicago, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Poetry
Occupation 4
poet, consultant, editor, literary critic
Award received 3
Guggenheim Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Bollingen Prize
Educated at 2
Johns Hopkins University, University of Virginia
Member of 2
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Letters
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Shapiro
Given name 1
Karl
Has works in the collection 1
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Personal library at 1
Harry Ransom Center
Place of birth 1
Baltimore
Place of death 1
New York City
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Karl Shapiro was born on November 10, 1913[1], in Baltimore[2]. He died on May 14, 2000[3], in New York City[4]. He worked as a poet[5], consultant[6], editor[7], and literary critic[8].

FAQs

Where was Karl Shapiro born?

Karl Shapiro was born in Baltimore[2].

Where did Karl Shapiro die?

Karl Shapiro died in New York City[4].

Who was Karl Shapiro married to?

Karl Shapiro's spouses include Evalyn Katz[9].

What did Karl Shapiro do for work?

Karl Shapiro worked as a poet[5], consultant[6], editor[7], and literary critic[8].

Where did Karl Shapiro go to school?

Karl Shapiro was educated at Johns Hopkins University[18] and University of Virginia[19].

What awards did Karl Shapiro receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[20], Pulitzer Prize for Poetry[21], Bollingen Prize[22], and Shelley Memorial Award[23].

Related Entities

Johns Hopkins University New York City United States University of California, Davis University of Iowa

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  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . bollingen.yale.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . washingtonpost.com. Retrieved . washingtonpost.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . LIBRIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . bollingen.yale.edu. Retrieved . bollingen.yale.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . bollingen.yale.edu. Retrieved . bollingen.yale.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . bollingen.yale.edu. Retrieved . bollingen.yale.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. Retrieved . hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . bollingen.yale.edu. Retrieved . bollingen.yale.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . psa.fcny.org. psa.fcny.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. Retrieved . hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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