Richard Wilbur

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Richard Wilbur was a distinguished American poet and translator, twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize, known for his formal mastery and elegant, witty verse.

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instanceOf essayist
human
poet
professor
translator
awardReceived Bollingen Prize NERFINISHED
Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres NERFINISHED
National Book Award for Poetry NERFINISHED
National Medal of Arts
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry NERFINISHED
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1957
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1989 NERFINISHED
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize NERFINISHED
conflictParticipatedIn World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1921-03-01
dateOfDeath 2017-10-14
educatedAt Amherst College NERFINISHED
Harvard University
employer Amherst College NERFINISHED
Smith College NERFINISHED
Wesleyan University NERFINISHED
familyName Wilbur NERFINISHED
fullName Richard Purdy Wilbur NERFINISHED
gender male
genre formal poetry
lyric poetry
givenName Richard
hasChild Aaron Wilbur NERFINISHED
Christopher Wilbur NERFINISHED
Ellen Wilbur NERFINISHED
Nathan Wilbur NERFINISHED
language English
literaryMovement New Formalism NERFINISHED
militaryBranch United States Army
nationality American
notableFor elegant and witty verse
formal mastery in poetry
translations of Molière
notableWork Advice to a Prophet and Other Poems NERFINISHED
Ceremony and Other Poems NERFINISHED
Love Calls Us to the Things of This World NERFINISHED
New and Collected Poems NERFINISHED
The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems NERFINISHED
The Death of a Toad NERFINISHED
The Mind-Reader NERFINISHED
The Writer NERFINISHED
Things of This World NERFINISHED
Walking to Sleep NERFINISHED
occupation literary critic
poet
translator
university teacher
placeOfBirth New York City
placeOfDeath Belmont, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
positionHeld Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress NERFINISHED
residence Cummington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Key West, Florida NERFINISHED
spouse Charlotte H. Ward Wilbur NERFINISHED
translatedWork Tartuffe NERFINISHED
The Imaginary Invalid NERFINISHED
The Learned Ladies NERFINISHED
The Misanthrope NERFINISHED
The School for Wives NERFINISHED

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Candide (operetta by Leonard Bernstein) librettist Richard Wilbur
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Candide (operetta by Leonard Bernstein) lyricist Richard Wilbur
subject surface form: Candide