death_date death_place years_active birth_place nationality name birth_date alma_mater spouse article_title education birth_name occupation death_cause
7 january 2013 brooklyn heights , brooklyn , new york 1953-2006 -lrb- poet -rrb- 1957-2005 -lrb- editor -rrb- chicago , illinois , united states american harvey shapiro 27 january 1924 yale university columbia university edna lewis kaufman -lrb- divorced -rrb- harvey shapiro -lrb- poet -rrb-
 bachelor american literature 's degree in english master 's degree in harvey irwin shapiro poet '' former editor of '' the new york times complications from surgery
harvey shapiro -lrb- poet -rrb-

harvey shapiro -lrb- january 27 , 1924 -- january 7 , 2013 -rrb- was an american poet and editor of `` the new york times '' .
he wrote a dozen books of poetry from 1953 to 2006 , writing in epigrammatic style about things in his everyday life .
as an editor , he was always affiliated with `` the new york times '' in some capacity , mainly in the magazine and book reviews , from 1957 to 2005 .
