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The Edgar Allan Poe Award was established in 1974 by The Copernicus
Society of America and administered by the Academy. The $5,000 award
was given to a living American poet 45 or under, in recognition of the
poet's continuing development of his art, and in honor of a newly
published volume of the winner's poetry.
Award Winners:
| Year
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Winner
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Book Cited
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Judges
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| 1974
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Mark Strand
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The Story of Our Lives
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Elizabeth Bishop, Daniel Hoffman, James Wright
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| 1975
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Charles Simic
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Return to a Place Lit by a Glass of Milk
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Donald Hall, Anthony Hecht, W. D. Snodgrass
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| 1976
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Charles Wright
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Blood Lines
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Donald Justice, May Swenson, Eleanor Ross Taylor
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| 1977
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Stan Rice
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Whiteboy
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Galway Kinnell, William Meredith, Josephine Miles
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