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Maui poet wins second Pulitzer Prize
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Apr 21, 2009
Maui resident William S. Merwin has won another Pulitzer Prize in poetry, this time for his recent collection titled "The Shadow of Sirius."
Merwin, whose writing career can be traced to the hymns he wrote as a child, won his first Pulitzer in 1971 for "The Carrier of Ladders."
The prize judges described the "The Shadow of Sirius," published in September by Copper Canyon Press, as "a collection of luminous, often tender poems that focus on the profound power of memory."
Merwin, 81, praised Copper Canyon's focus on poetry. "I liked the way Copper Canyon approached the whole thing," he said from his home in Hawaii. "Their emphasis is entirely poetry. If you're with one of the big publishing houses, the books are beautiful but it's not their main thing."
Merwin was fond of a red chow dog that lived at the family's home in Peahi and died some years ago — so much so that he asked for a copy of a photograph of it with him that was taken by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
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Gary T. Kubota, Star-Bulletin, and the Associated Press
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'Dream of Koa Returning' An excerpt from W.S. Merwin's poem about the loss of a beloved pet, taken from the Pulitzer-winning collection "The Shadow of Sirius":I looked out to the river
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Maui resident William S. Merwin has won another Pulitzer Prize in poetry, this time for his recent collection titled "The Shadow of Sirius."
Merwin, whose writing career can be traced to the hymns he wrote as a child, won his first Pulitzer in 1971 for "The Carrier of Ladders."
The prize judges described the "The Shadow of Sirius," published in September by Copper Canyon Press, as "a collection of luminous, often tender poems that focus on the profound power of memory."
Merwin, 81, praised Copper Canyon's focus on poetry. "I liked the way Copper Canyon approached the whole thing," he said from his home in Hawaii. "Their emphasis is entirely poetry. If you're with one of the big publishing houses, the books are beautiful but it's not their main thing."
Merwin was fond of a red chow dog that lived at the family's home in Peahi and died some years ago — so much so that he asked for a copy of a photograph of it with him that was taken by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
———
Gary T. Kubota, Star-Bulletin, and the Associated Press
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'Dream of Koa Returning' An excerpt from W.S. Merwin's poem about the loss of a beloved pet, taken from the Pulitzer-winning collection "The Shadow of Sirius": I looked out to the river
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