
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, April 14, 1991                   TAG: 9104140288
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: D3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: NEW YORK                                LENGTH: Short

JAMES SCHUYLER, POET, DEAD AT 67

James Schuyler, a Pulitzer Prize winning poet who used anecdotes and humor to depict urban and rural life, has died at age 67.

Often praised for his descriptive poems, Schuyler set many works in New York, Vermont and Long Island. He belonged to what became known in the 1960s and 1970s as the New York School of poets.

Schuyler won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for a 117-page volume of poetry titled "The Morning of the Poem." Over the years, he also was a Guggenheim fellow and a fellow of the American Academy of Poets.

Over the years, he also was a Guggenheim fellow and a fellow of the American Academy of Poets.

His other books of poetry include "Salute," "May 24th or So," "Freely Espousing," "A Sun Cab," "Hymn to Life," "A Few Days" and "Selected Poems."

- Associated Press

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