Galway Kinnell
Poet

Galway Kinnell Net Worth

Galway Kinnell was born on February 1, 1927 in Rhode Island and is a renowned poet. He has had a successful career, and his net worth, biography, age, height, and family have been well documented. He is known for his works of poetry, which have been widely acclaimed.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day February 01, 1927
Birth Place Rhode Island
Age 96 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Aquarius

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

American poet, Vermont Poet Laureate (1989-1993), and 1983 recipient of both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. His best-known works include Selected Poems, The Book of Nightmares, and Imperfect Thirst.

He studied at Princeton University and the University of Rochester before traveling to France on a Fulbright Fellowship.

He worked during the 1960s for the Congress of Racial Equality in Louisiana and was arrested for his pro-Civil Rights activities.

He spent a quiet youth in Providence, Rhode Island and often passed his days reading the work of Emily Dickinson and Edgar Allan Poe.

He was greatly influenced by the literary work and lifestyle of poet Walt Whitman.

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