This site contains a list of Merwin's publications and awards but also some outstanding links to articles, poetry, and criticism.

Featured Author: W. S. Merwin
http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/04/specials/merwin.html

The New York Times provides a tribute to W. S. Merwin featuring news and reviews from the paper's archives.

Audio Reading: W. S. Merwin
http://partners.nytimes.com/books/00/07/23/specials/merwin-audio.html

A 25-minute RealAudio clip of W. S. Merwin reading from his new translation of Dante's Purgatorio.

A Conversation with W. S. Merwin
http://www.wooster.edu/artfuldodge/merwin.html

Fellow poet, Daniel Bourne, talks with legendary author W. S. Merwin about his distinguished career.

BIOGRAPHY
William Stanley Merwin (1927- ) was born in New York City, and grew up in Union City, NJ and Scranton, PA. The son of a Presbyterian minister, Merwin began writing hymns at age five. He studied writing at Princeton University and earned a post graduate degree in Romance languages. After college he traveled across Europe, eventually stopping in Majorca to tutor the son of poet/historian Robert Graves. Merwin soon returned to America and settled in Boston where he met poets such as Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, and Adrienne Rich, who were all experimenting with a new style of American poetry.