Randall Jarrell 1914-1965
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Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County marker no. 120 - Randall Jarrell 1914-1965
Waymark Code: WMAPQ
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 04/17/2006
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Randall Jarrell 1914-1965
Distinguished poet, critic, novelist, and teacher. Born in Nashville; Hume-Fogg graduate 1931; Vanderbilt bachelor's and master's degrees. Served in U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. Wrote about lossess of war and childhood innocence. Poet Laureate at the Library of Congress, 1956-58. Winner of National Book Award for poetry, 1960.
Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County
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Randall Jarrell