Karl Shapiro

Karl Shapiro
Born	(1913-11-10)November 10, 1913 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died	May 14, 2000(2000-05-14) (aged 86) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Poet, essayist
Education	University of Virginia Peabody Institute Johns Hopkins University
Notable awards	Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1945) Bollingen Prize in Poetry (1969)
Spouse	Evalyn Katz (1945–1967) Teri Kovach (1967-1982) Sophie Wilkins (1984-2000)

Karl Jay Shapiro (November 10, 1913 – May 14, 2000) was an American poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1945 for his collection V-Letter and Other Poems.^[1] He was appointed the fifth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1946.

Shapiro served in the Pacific Theater as a United States Army company clerk during World War II.