Ron Padgett
Ron Padgett | |
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| Born | June 17, 1942 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet, writer, translator |
| Education | Columbia University (BA) Wagner College |
| Notable works | Collected Poems |
Ron Padgett (born June 17, 1942) is an American poet, essayist, fiction writer, translator, and a member of the New York School. Great Balls of Fire, Padgett's first full-length collection of poems, was published in 1969. He won a 2009 Shelley Memorial Award. In 2018, he won the Frost Medal from the Poetry Society of America.