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A renowned poet and translator, he is the author of what a kingdom it was, body rags, flower herding on mount monadnock, book of nightmares and the avenue bearing the initial of christ i. In 1982 his selected poems won the pulitzer prize and the national book. He won the pulitzer prize for poetry for his 1982 collection, selected poems and split the national book award for poetry. An admitted follower of walt whitman, kinnell rejects.
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