For a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, One thousand dollars ($1,000).
The Carrier of Ladders , by William S. Merwin (Atheneum )
The Jury
The Jury
Louis Simpson(Chair)*
Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University
Anthony Hecht*
John Hall Deane Professor of Rhetoric and Poetry, University of Rochester
Lawrance Thompson*
Holmes Professor of Belles Lettres, Princeton University
Winners in Poetry
1971 Prize Winners
William A. Caldwell
For his commentary in his daily column.
Harold C. Schonberg
For his music criticism during 1970.