'''Charles Kenneth''' "C. K." '''Williams''' ([[Newark (Nova Jersey)|Newark]], [[Nova Jersey|New Jersey]], [[4 de novembre]] de [[1936]] – [[Hopewell (Nova Jersey)|Hopewell]], New Jersey, [[20 de setembre]] de [[2015]]) fou un poeta, crític i traductor estatunidenc. Williams va guanyar molts premis de poesia. ''Flesh and Blood'' va guanyar el [[National Book Critics Circle]] Award el 1987. ''Repair'' (1999) va guanyar l'any 2000 [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]], fou un finalista del [[National Book Award]] i va guanyar el [[Los Angeles Times Book Prize]].<ref>{{Ref-web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2000-Poetry|títol=C.K. Williams Pulitzer Prize for Poetry|editor=The Pulitzer Prizes}}</ref> fou un finalista del [[National Book Award]]<ref name="nba1999">[https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1999 "National Book Awards – 1999"]. [[National Book Foundation]]. Retrieved 2012-04-08.</ref> i va guanyar el [[Los Angeles Times Book Prize]].<ref name=":0">{{Ref-web|cognom=Kellogg, Carolyn|data=2015-09-21|títol=Award-winning poet C.K. Williams dies at 78|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-award-winning-poet-ck-williams-dies-20150921-story.html|arxiuurl=|arxiudata=|consulta=2020-10-10|obra=Los Angeles Times|llengua=en-US}}</ref> ''The Singing'' va guanyar el [[National Book Award]] el 2003 i el 2005 Williams va rebre el [[Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize]].<ref>{{Ref-web|url=http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2003_ckwilliams.html#.UCUvE6DEPE0|títol=C.K. Williams C.K. WIlliams National Book Award|editor=National Book Foundation|consulta=2012-08-10|arxiuurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611084606/http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2003_ckwilliams.html#.UCUvE6DEPE0#.UCUvE6DEPE0|arxiudata=2012-06-11}}</ref> La 2012 pel·lícula ''Tar'' fa referència a aspectes de la vida de Williams mitjançant la seva poesia.<ref name="HR">{{Ref-web|cognom=Young|nom=Deborah|títol=Tar: Rome Review|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/tar-rome-review-391642|editor=Hollywood Reporter|consulta=May 5, 2013|data=November 16, 2012}}</ref>
