Editing Randall Jarrell (section)

{{Short description|American writer (1914–1965)}}
{{Infobox writer
| name         = Randall Jarrell
| image        = Randall Jarrell 1962.jpeg
| caption      = Jarrell, circa 1962
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1914|5|6}}
| birth_place  = [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], [[U.S.]]
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1965|10|14|1914|5|6}}
| death_place  = [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]], [[U.S.]]
| occupation   = {{flatlist|
* Poet
* critic
* novelist
}}
| education    = [[Vanderbilt University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Arts|MA]])
| notableworks = ''The Woman at the Washington Zoo'', ''The Lost World'', ''[[Pictures from an Institution]]''
| awards       = [[National Book Award]]
}}
'''Randall Jarrell''' {{IPAc-en|dʒ|ə|ˈ|r|ɛ|l}} {{respell|jə|REL}} (May 6, 1914&nbsp;– October 14, 1965) was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist. He was the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the [[Library of Congress]]—a position that now bears the title [[Poet Laureate of the United States]].

Among other honors, Jarrell was awarded a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] for the years 1947–48; a grant from the [[National Institute of Arts and Letters]], in 1951; and the [[National Book Award for Poetry]], in 1961.