Randall Jarrell

Randall Jarrell
Born	(1914-05-06)May 6, 1914 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	October 14, 1965(1965-10-14) (aged 51) Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation	Poet critic novelist
Notable works	The Woman at the Washington Zoo, The Lost World, Pictures from an Institution
Notable awards	National Book Award

Randall Jarrell /dʒəˈrɛl/ jə-REL (May 6, 1914 – October 14, 1965) was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist. He was the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress—a position that now bears the title Poet Laureate of the United States.

Among other honors, Jarrell was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for the years 1947–48; a grant from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, in 1951; and the National Book Award for Poetry, in 1961.