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John Frederick Nims Translator & Author

John Frederick Nims (1913-1999) was the author of eight collections of poetry and translator of several books of verse, most recently The Complete Poems of Michelangelo. Long affiliated with the magazine Poetry, he was its editor from 1978 to 1984. He received numerous honors for his work, including the O.B. Hardison Award.