death_date awards birth_date article_title name
10 march 1980 robert frost medal -lrb- 1971 -rrb- 15 april 1879 melville henry cane
 melville henry cane
melville henry cane

melville henry cane -lrb- april 15 , 1879 -- march 10 , 1980 -rrb- was an american poet and lawyer .
he studied at columbia university , and was the author of the influential book , `` making a poem '' -lrb- 1953 -rrb- .
