EntityQ4355736· pop 7· linked from 99 articlesWilliam Jay SmithSign in to saveAmerican writer, translator, editor (1918–2015)Listeners · Last.fmListeners50Total plays326Tagspoetryamerican <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/William+Jay+Smith">Read more on Last.fm</a>via Last.fm · William Jay SmithConnectionsUnited States Poet LaureateEntityParisEntityCategories1918 births2015 deathsAmerican expatriates in the United KingdomAmerican male poetsAmerican poets laureateAmerican Rhodes ScholarsColumbia University alumniColumbia University facultyFormalist poetsHollins University facultyPeople from Cummington, MassachusettsPeople from Winnfield, Louisiana