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width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>James Tate</b></font><p><img src="james-tate-1-sized.jpg" height=291 width=210 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="James Tate"><b>AKA</b> James Vincent Tate<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/860/000106542/" class=proflink>8-Dec</a>-<a href="/lists/942/000105627/" class=proflink>1943</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/557/000069350/" class=proflink>Kansas City, MO</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/076/000106755/" class=proflink>8-Jul</a>-<a href="/lists/085/000387918/" class=proflink>2015</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> Illness<br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Occupation:</b> <a href="/lists/198/000068991/" class=proflink>Poet</a><p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> <i>The Lost Pilot</i><p><b>Father:</b> (pilot, d. 1943 WWII killed in action over Germany)<br><p> University: BA, Kansas State College, Pittsburg (1965)<br> University: <a href="/edu/507/000068303/">MFA, University of Iowa (1967)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/470/000068266/">University of California at Berkeley</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/477/000068273/">Columbia University</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/522/000068318/">Emerson College</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/657/000082411/">University of Massachusetts Amherst (1971-)</a><br><p> <a href="/honors/363/000073144/">Pulitzer Prize for Poetry</a> 1992 for <i>Selected Poems</i><br> <a href="/honors/886/000068682/">National Book Award for Poetry</a> 1994 for <i>Worshipful Company of Fletchers</i><br> <a href="/honors/485/000032389/">Guggenheim Fellowship</a> <br> <a href="/org/233/000116882/">Poetry Society of America</a> <br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>The Lost Pilot</i> (<tt>1967</tt>, poetry)<br><i>The Oblivion Ha-Ha</i> (<tt>1970</tt>, poetry)<br><i>Hints to Pilgrims</i> (<tt>1971</tt>, poetry)<br><i>Absences</i> (<tt>1972</tt>, poetry)<br><i>Viper Jazz</i> (<tt>1976</tt>, poetry)<br><i>Riven Doggeries</i> (<tt>1979</tt>, poetry)<br><i>Constant Defender</i> (<tt>1983</tt>, poetry)<br><i>Reckoner</i> (<tt>1986</tt>, poetry)<br><i>Distance From Loved Ones</i> (<tt>1990</tt>, poetry)<br><i>Selected Poems</i> (<tt>1991</tt>, poetry)<br><i>Worshipful Company of Fletchers</i> (<tt>1993</tt>, poetry)<br><i>Shroud of the Gnome</i> (<tt>1997</tt>, poetry)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=99391"><img src="/man.gif" 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