Is it true that both Ann Beattie and James Merrill received a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry?
Ann Beattie Ann Beattie (born September 8, 1947) is an American novelist and short story writer. She has received an award for excellence from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story form. Her work has been compared to that of Alice Adams, J.D. Salinger, John Cheever, and John Updike. She holds an undergraduate degree from American University and a master's degree from the University of Connecticut.
Warren Woessner Warren Woessner (born 1944), poet and lawyer, studied creative writing with James McConkey and A. R. Ammons at Cornell University. He moved to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1966 and co-founded "Abraxas Magazine" with poet James Bertolino in 1968. He was also a founder of WORT-FM and hosted its poetry program. He received a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1971. His poetry has appeared in "Poetry", "Poetry Northwest", "The Nation", "Midwest Quarterly", "CutBank", "Poet Lore", and "5 A.M." Woessner's poetry and literary reviews have been published in "The New York Times Book Review", "American Book Review", "Rain Taxi", and "Midwest Review".