HOPEWELL, N.J. (AP) β Pulitzer Prize-winning poet C.K. Williams has died at his home in Hopewell, New Jersey, at age 78.
Williams was an impassioned observer of war, alienation and the cancer that eventually took his life.
He died Sunday. His death was confirmed Monday by author and close friend Joyce Carol Oates.
Williams was known for his long, conversational lines of verse. He won the poetry Pulitzer in 2000 for “Repair” and the National Book Award for his 2003 work “The Singing.” He also was a translator of Greek drama and the author of the memoir “Misgivings.”
Farrar, Straus & Giroux president and publisher Jonathan Galassi says Williams had just completed a new poetry collection called “Falling Ill.” No publication date has been set.
