William Meredith: Biography

William Meredith: Biography

William Meredith was born in New York City on January 9, 1919. He went to Lenox in Massachusetts but he graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in English, Magna Cum Laude. Before Meredith went to the Army Air Force he work as a reporter for the New York Times in 1941. While he was in the navy he became a lieutenant, and he also wrote his first book of poetry Love Letter From An Impossible Land. While he was still in the navy Meredith taught English at Princeton for the next few years. He accomplished many other achievements in his time in the navy, however during that time he was focusing on his poetry. Throughout his life William Meredith was a teacher, he was always teaching and writing. In 1964 he was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, along the way he has published a numerous amount of poems some In which have won awards. With learning of how William Meredith was in the Army is helps me realize that he is a strong person, he is a leader and he isn't afraid. In his poem Parents it is clear to see that how he comes off in the work isn't because he wants to seem disrespectful its just a side of him. Although its obvious that Meredith was a nice, respectable guy it is still a very strong part of him that doesn't mind expressing exactly how he feels. William Meredith soon began having strokes and he suffered from expressive aphasia. On May 30, 2007 William Meredith died at the age of 88 in New London, CT.