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Poet JAMES MERRILL
He died Monday at age 68.
Merrill took to Europe at age 24.
That was in 1950.
His memoir detailed his two and a half years there.
Merrill wrote eleven books of poems.
Merrill was the winner of two National Book Awards.
Merrill was the winner of the Bollingen Prize for Poetry.
Merrill was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
2: Poet JAMES MERRILL. He died Monday at age 68. The son of the founder of the Merrill Lynch brokerage house, Merrill took to Europe at age 24, a newly published poet "meaning to stay as long as possible". That was in 1950. His memoir "A Different Person" (Knopf) detailed his two and a half years there, and featured encounters with psychoanalysts, new and old lovers, and Alice Toklas. MERRILL wrote eleven books of poems, and was the winner of two National Book Awards, the Bollingen Prize for Poetry, and the Pulitzer Prize. (REBROADCAST FROM 10
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