91 years old (Born on April 30, 1933)
Happy Birthday, Helen Vendler! May your day be filled with poetic brilliance and literary laughter. From unraveling the mysteries of Wallace Stevens to guiding us through Modern American Poets, you've turned scholarly analysis into an art form—proving that poetry criticism can indeed have punchlines.Your keen eye has judged Pulitzer Prizes and National Book Awards alike; clearly, no stanza or metaphor escapes your scrutiny. Here's hoping this birthday brings you as much joy as discovering a perfectly placed semicolon—or better yet—a poet who finally understands punctuation rules! Cheers to another year of inspiring readers (and poets) everywhere.
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