Louis Simpson
Poet

Louis Simpson Net Worth

Louis Simpson was a Jamaican-born poet and Pulitzer Prize recipient, best known for his works At the End of the Open Road and Struggling Times. He was also a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize after publishing The Owner of the House: New Collected Poems, 1940–2001.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day March 27, 1923
Birth Place Jamaica
Age 97 YEARS OLD
Died On Sep 18, 2012 (age 89)
Birth Sign Aries

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

About

Poet and 1964 Pulitzer Prize recipient whose best- known works include At the End of the Open Road and Struggling Times. After publishing The Owner of the House: New Collected Poems, 1940–2001, he was a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize.

Before Fame

He studied at Columbia University and at the University of Paris. He published his debut poetry collection, The Arrivistes, in 1949.

Trivia

He was a member of the 101st Airborne Division during World War II.

Family Life

He was the son of Jamaican Lawyer Aston Simpson and his Russian-born wife Rosalind Marantz.

Associated With

He and Claude McKay were both poets of Jamaican heritage.

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