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Richard Purdy Wilbur (March 1, 1921 – October 14, 2017) was an American poet and literary translator. One of the foremost poets, along with his friend Anthony Hecht, of the World War II generation, Wilbur's work, often employing rhyme, and composed primarily in traditional forms, was marked by its wit, charm, and gentlemanly elegance.
AML Award for poetry Susan Elizabeth Howe for "Things in the Night Sky" Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Jorie Graham, "Spring" Frost Medal: Gwendolyn Brooks; Lannan Literary Award for Poetry: Cid Corman, George Evans and Peter Levitt; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Richard Wilbur: New and Collected Poems; Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: Mona Van Duyn
AML Award for poetry to Robert A. Christmas for "Self-Portrait as Brigham Young" Frost Medal: Robert Creeley / Sterling Brown; Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Richard Wilbur; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Rita Dove, Thomas and Beulah; Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: Philip Levine; Whiting Awards: Mark Cox, Michael Ryan
National Book Award for Poetry: Richard Wilbur, Things of this World; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Things of This World by Richard Wilbur; Bollingen Prize: Allen Tate; Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Conrad Aiken; Robert Frost Fellowship in Poetry: May Swenson; Yale Series of Younger Poets Award: James Wright for The Green Wall
Brian Turner, Here, Bullet (Alice James Books), war poetry; Richard Wilbur, Collected Poems, 1943–2004 (Harvest Books), one of The New York Times "100 Notable books of the year" [16] Marvin X, Land of My Daughters: Poems 1995–2005 (Black Bird Press) Jesse Lee Kercheval, Chartreuse (Hollyridge Press)
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"Phases" is a collection of predominantly religious [11] poems that showcase Mischa Willett's distinct talent for incorporating irony and humor [12] into his work. Recognized as one of the "Best Books 2017" by the Washington Independent Review of Books [13], the collection has drawn comparisons to the poetic style of Richard Wilbur. [14]
[6] Thomas Hardy said that America had two great attractions: the skyscraper and the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. [58] The poet Richard Wilbur asserted that Millay "wrote some of the best sonnets of the century." [59] [60] Nancy Milford published a biography of the poet in 2001, Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St Vincent Millay.