Oscar Williams
Oscar Williams may refer to: * Oscar Williams (poet), American anthologist and poet * Oscar Williams (filmmaker), film actor, screenwriter and film director * Oscar Williams (cricketer), Antiguan cricketer See also * Oscar Randal-Williams Oscar Randal-Williams is a British mathematician and professor at the University of Cambridge, working in topology. He studied mathematics at the University of Oxford (MMath 2006, DPhil 2009), where he wrote his doctoral thesis ''Stable moduli sp ...

Oscar Williams (poet)
Oscar Kaplan (December 29, 1900 – October 10, 1964), known by his pen name Oscar Williams, was an American anthologist and poet. About His Life Williams was born Oscar Kaplan in Letychiv, Ukraine, son of Jewish parents Mouzya Kaplan and Chana Rapoport. He emigrated to New York at the age of seven. His first book, ''Golden Darkness'', was awarded the Yale Younger Poets Prize. Among his influential anthologies are ''Master Poems of the English Language'', ''Immortal Poems of the English Language'', ''The Pocket Book of Modern Verse'', and the ''Little Treasury Poetry Series'', which were used in colleges and high schools around the U.S. in the 1950s and 1960s. During his lifetime, anthologies he edited sold more than two million copies, a nearly unheard amount for books of poetry. Many of his anthologies are still being republished today. Though a friend and promoter of poets like Dylan Thomas and George Barker, Williams' own poetry is not highly regarded by critics, though he p ...
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Oscar Williams (filmmaker)
Oscar Williams was a film actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born in the West Indies and raised in the United States. Filmography Director: *''Death Drug'' (1978) *''Hot Potato (1976 film), Hot Potato'' (1976) (also screenwriter) *''Five on the Black Hand Side'' (1973) *''The Final Comedown'' (1972) (also screenwriter) ( ''Blast!'') Writer: *''Truck Turner'' (1974) (a.k.a. ''Black Bullet'') *''Black Belt Jones'' (1974) References External links

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Oscar Williams (cricketer)
Oscar Williams (born 1932) is an Antiguan cricketer. He played in two first-class matches for the Leeward Islands in 1958/59 and 1959/60. See also * List of Leeward Islands first-class cricketers The Leeward Islands cricket team is a composite cricket team representing the member associations of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, which itself is a member association of the larger West Indies Cricket Board. The team incorporates playe ... References External links * 1932 births Living people Antigua and Barbuda cricketers Leeward Islands cricketers {{Antigua-cricket-bio-stub ...
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