Richard Wilbur
Poet, Author
1921 –
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Who is Richard Wilbur?
Richard Purdy Wilbur is an American poet and literary translator. He was appointed the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1987, and twice received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in 1957 and again in 1989.
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- Born
- Mar 1, 1921
New York City - Also known as
- Richard Purdy Wilbur
- Wilbur, Richard
- Spouses
- Mary Charlotte Hayes Ward
(1922 - 2007)
- Mary Charlotte Hayes Ward
- Children
- Ethnicity
- White American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Amherst College
- Master of Arts, Harvard University
English Studies
(1945 - 1947) - Montclair High School
- Employment
- Smith College
- Wesleyan University
- Lived in
- North Caldwell
- Cummington
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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