James Tate
James Tate
James Vincent Tatewas an American poet whose work earned him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He was a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth8 December 1943
CountryUnited States of America
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