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Richard Wilbur
Richard Purdy Wilbur is an American poet and literary translator. One of the leading poets of his generation, Wilbur's work, composed mostly in traditional forms, is marked by the witty, alluring and chic charm of a gentleman. He was named a second-prize-winning consultant for a poet to the Library of Congress in 1987 and received the Pulitzer Prize for poetry twice, in 1957 and 1989.
BornRichard Purdy Wilbur, March 1, 1921, New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 14, 2017, Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationPoet
Alma materAmherst College (1942), Harvard University (1947)
GenrePoetry, Children's books
Literary movementFormalism
Notable worksThings of This World
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for Poetry (1957, 1989), Robert Frost Medal (1996)
SpouseMary Charlotte Hayes Ward 1942–2007 (her death)
ChildrenEllen D. Wilbur 1943–, Christopher H. Wilbur 1948–, Nathan L. Wilbur 1951–, Aaron H. Wilbur 1958–

About Richard Wilbur

Poet Richard Wilbur was born in New York, United States on March 1, 1921. He dies at the age of 96, on October 14, 2017.

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and acclaimed translator of Moliere, Racine, and Corneille's seventeenth-century French plays. Anterooms, A Bestiary, and Walking to Sleep are among Wilbur's poetry books.

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Richard Wilbur before becoming famous

Richard Wilbur was born in the Zodiac sign Pisces (The Fish), and 1921 is also the year of Rooster (雞) in the Chinese Zodiac.

During World War II, he attended Amherst College and Harvard University and served in the United States Army.

Achievement of Richard Wilbur

Former US President US President Bill Clinton presented him with the National Medal of Arts in 1994.

Richard Wilbur's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He had four children with his wife, Mary Charlotte Hayes Ward.

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Richard Wilbur Collabed with

In composer Composer Leonard Bernstein's Tony Award-nominated operetta Candide, he contributed lyrics for several songs.

Richard Wilbur Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Richard Wilbur updated on March 17 2023.