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William Carlos Williams was born in Rutherford, New Jersey on September 17, 1883. His parents were William George Williams and Raquel Helene Hoheb.
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At the age of 14 Wiliam was sent to Paris, France t receive a better education. He returned to America two years later.
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Williams was admitted in 1902 to the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1906.
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William meets Ezra Pound at the University of Pennsylvannia. Ezra inspired William to continue writing poetry.
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Williams became a doctor in 1907. at one point he wanted to become a full - time poet but decided to stay a doctor to support his family.
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William published his first book, Poems, in 1909. Though he only sold four copies
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In December 1912, William Carlos Williams married Florence Herman.
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William and Florence first son, William Eric Williams, was born in 1914 and their second son, Paul, was born in 1916.
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Williams father slowly died of cancer in the winter of 1918. This strongly effected Williams poetry.
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Williams won the first National Book Award for Poetry, recognizing both the third volume of Paterson and Selected Poems
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In 1954 Williams received the Levinson Prize for Poetry and in 1955 he received the Oscar Blumenthal Award.
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After a series of strokes Dr. Williams, in 1951, was forced to retire and turn over his medical practice to his son, William Eric. William Carlos Williams died March 4, 1963 in Rutherford, New Jersey of cerebral thrombosis
