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Richard Wilbur | |
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.jpg) Wilbur in 1964 | |
| Born | Richard Purdy Wilbur March 1, 1921 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | October 14, 2017 (aged 96) Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Education | Amherst College (BA) Harvard University (MA) |
| Genre | Poetry, children's books, drama, French literature |
| Literary movement | Formalism |
| Notable works | Things of This World |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1957, 1989) Robert Frost Medal (1996) |
| Spouse | Mary Hayes Ward (1942–2007) |
| Children | 4 |
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. He was acclaimed in his youth as the heir to Robert Frost, translated the verse dramas of Moliere, Corneille, and Racine into rhymed English,[1] collaborated with Leonard Bernstein as the lyricist for the opera Candide,[2] and in his old age acted, particularly through his role in the annual West Chester University Poetry Conference, as a mentor to the younger poets of the New Formalist movement.[3] He was appointed the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1987 and received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry twice, in 1957 and 1989.[4]
- ^ King, Brendan D., The Poet and the Counterrevolution: Richard Wilbur, the Free Verse Revolution, and the Revival of Rhymed Poetry, St Austin Review, March/April 2020, American Literature in the Twentieth Century, pages 15-19.
- ^ Music Theatre International. Candide (1973)
- ^ King, Brendan D., The Poet and the Counterrevolution: Richard Wilbur, the Free Verse Revolution, and the Revival of Rhymed Poetry, St Austin Review, March/April 2020, American Literature in the Twentieth Century, pages 15-19.
- ^ "Poet Laureate Timeline: 1981–1990". Library of Congress. 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2009.