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Shapiro Obituary Poet Karl Shapiro has died at the age of 86. Shapiro won the Pulitzer Prize in 1945 for his World War Two poems, based on his experiences with a medical unit in the Pacific. Robert talks to Sandra Gilbert, who taught with Shapiro at the University of California, Davis.

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Poet Karl Shapiro has died at the age of 86. Shapiro won the Pulitzer Prize in 1945 for his World War Two poems, based on his experiences with a medical unit in the Pacific. Robert talks to Sandra Gilbert, who taught with Shapiro at the University of California, Davis.