William Stafford

William Stafford was born in Hutchinson, Kansas in 1914.
He was a conscientious objector during World War II.
He taught at Lewis and Clark College in Oregon.
He was named Poet Laureate of Oregon in 1975.
He won the National Book Award for Poetry in 1963.
His poems are often about nature and the human condition.
He died in Lake Oswego, Oregon in 1993.
He is considered one of the most important American poets of the 20th century.