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Randall Jarrell was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist.
* He was born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1914.
* He attended Vanderbilt University and received his B.A. in 1935.
* He published his first book of poetry, Blood for a Stranger, in 1942.
* He served in the Army Air Forces during World War II.
* He was the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1956 to 1958.
* He won the National Book Award for Poetry in 1961 for his book The Woman at the Washington Zoo.
* He died in a car accident in 1965.
* He is considered one of the most important American poets of the 20th century.