Here are tributes to 10 notable people who died in 2019 …
Some were theologians, others were writers or other public figures who have shaped our work. They all will be missed!
W.S. Merwin
(Poet)
William Stanley (W.S.) Merwin (September 30, 1927 – March 15, 2019) was born in New York City and raised in New Jersey and Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of a Presbyterian minister. His numerous collections of poetry, his translations, and his books of prose have won praise over seven decades. Though his early poetry received great attention and admiration, Merwin would continue to alter and innovate his craft with each new book, and at each stage he served as a powerful influence for poets of his generation and younger poets. For the entirety of his writing career, he explored a sense of wonder and celebrated the power of language, while serving as a staunch anti-war activist and advocate for the environment. He won nearly every award available to an American poet, and he was named U.S. poet laureate twice. A practicing Buddhist as well as a proponent of deep ecology, Merwin lived since the late 1970s on an old pineapple plantation in Hawaii which he has painstakingly restored to its original rainforest state. Poet Edward Hirsch wrote that Merwin “is one of the greatest poets of our age. He is a rare spiritual presence in American life and letters (the Thoreau of our era).” (bio via The Poetry Foundation)
READ an obituary from The NY Times
Books by W.S. Merwin
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I was surprised by the absence of Larry Hurtado on this list.
YES! This was indeed a significant oversight on our part. I remember seeing obituaries when Hurtado died, but somehow my memory failed me when I was compiling this list.
If I get a chance over the next couple of days, I might add him to the list. He definitely belongs here!
~ Chris