William Jay Smith
April 22, 1918 – August 18, 2015
Countries:
USA
Place of Birth:
Winnfield, Louisiana
Place of Death:
Lenox, Massachusetts
William Jay Smith (April 22, 1918 – August 18, 2015) was an American poet. He was appointed the nineteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1968 to 1970.