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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 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
[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.
Christmas is such a special time of year filled with joy and goodwill. It's a time for Christmas pageants, singing carols, giving gifts and decorating homes.To further your festive spirit, you may ...
The Richard Wilbur Award is an American poetry award and publishing prize given by University of Evansville in Indiana. It is named in honor of the American poet Richard Wilbur [ A ] and was established by William Baer , a professor at the University of Evansville.
The Maine Poets: An Anthology, Wesley McNair, editor, Down East Books, November 25, 2003, ISBN 978-0-89272-629-5 "Turning in Bed"; "That's a Nice Leg", Words brushed by music: twenty-five years of the Johns Hopkins poetry series, Editor John T. Irwin, JHU Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8018-8029-2
Bloom selected poems from every entry in the series through 1997, with the exception of the 1996 volume, edited by Adrienne Rich. Bloom criticized the 1996 issue in his introductory essay, claiming that Rich had selected poems based on the "race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, and political purpose of the would-be poet", rather than ...
Hilberry is the author of eleven books of poetry. He and his daughter Jane, also a poet, co-authored a volume titled This Awkward Art: Poems by a Father and Daughter, introduced by Richard Wilbur. He was co-editor (with Michael Delp, and Herbert Scott) of the anthology Contemporary Michigan Poetry: Poems from the Third Coast (1988).