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Kunitz

American  
[kyoo-nits] / ˈkju nɪts /

noun

  1. Stanley, 1905–2006, U.S. poet and translator: U.S. poet laureate 2000–01.


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“I was happy to hear it wasn’t some dumb teenagers, because we thought that it was fireworks,” said Matt Kunitz, who lives in Pacific Palisades.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025

Glück was too frail to become a full-time college student and instead sat in on classes at Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University, finding mentors in the poets-teachers Leonie Adams and Stanley Kunitz.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2023

Player development advisor and former forward Chris Kunitz took his place on the bench.

From Fox News • Oct. 22, 2021

She began taking poetry workshops around that time, and attended Sarah Lawrence College and later Columbia University, where she studied with the poet Stanley Kunitz.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2020

I doubt whether Fritzing had ever noticed her beauty while at Kunitz.

From The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight by Elizabeth

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