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Archibald MacLeish
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Archibald MacLeish: Facts & Related Content

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Born May 7, 1892 • Glen Coe • Illinois
Died April 20, 1982 (aged 89) • Boston • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors National Book Award • Pulitzer Prize • Tony Awards (1959) • Bollingen Prize (1952)
Notable Works “J.B.”

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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
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