TYPED POEM "THE CONTRABAND" SIGNED BY AMERICAN POET AND PULITZER PRIZE-WINNER KARL SHAPIRO.

Shapiro, Karl. (1913-2000). American Pulitzer Prize-Winning poet.

Published by Circa [1940s]. [1940s]., 1940

About this Item

- Twelve lines of poetry typed on a 5-3/4 inch high by 5-3/8 inch wide sheet of cream-colored paper. Signed below the poem in blue ink "Karl Shapiro". Folded once for mailing. Very good. The poem "Contraband" opens: "I dreamed I held a poem and knew / The capture of a living thing."Karl Shapiro [1913-2000] attended the University of Virginia which he immortalized in a scathing poem called "The University", in which he noted that "to hurt the Negro and avoid the Jew is the curriculum". During World War II, while serving in the Pacific Theatre, Shapiro wrote the poems collected in "V-Letter and Other Poems" which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1945. He was American Poet Laureate in 1946 and 1947. He was also awarded the Bollingen Prize in Poetry in 1969.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: TYPED POEM "THE CONTRABAND" SIGNED BY AMERICAN POET AND PULITZER PRIZE-WINNER KARL SHAPIRO.
• Publisher: Circa [1940s]. [1940s].
• Publication Date: 1940
• Condition: Very good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature