Richard Purdy WILBUR (born March 1, 1921), American poet and university professor | World Biographical Encyclopedia

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The Pig in the Spigot

(New and Collected Poems) Author: Richard Wilbur published on (September, 1989)

Opposites, More Opposites, and a Few Differences

( This collection, from a National Book Award and two-tim...)

Runaway Opposites

(A collection of humorous poems about the opposites of var...)

The beautiful changes,: And other poems

(Collected Poems 1943-2004: N/A) Author: Richard Wilbur published on (September, 2005)

Loudmouse

(Loudmouse might be small, but he sure makes a lot of nois...)

Poems Of Richard Wilbur

( This collection includes Advice to a Prophet and Other ...)

The Disappearing Alphabet by Wilbur, Richard (2001) Paperback

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The Pig in Spigot

Moliere's The School For Wives

(This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of th...)

The Disappearing Alphabet (Turtleback School & Library) By Wilbur, Richard ( Author ) 2001 ) Hardcover

Mayflies: New Poems and Translations

The Imaginary Cuckold, or Sganarelle - Acting Edition

(Dramatists Play Service 1993 softcover 38 pages.)

Advice to a Prophet and Other Poems

By Richard Wilbur - Collected Poems 1943-2004 (2004-12-21) Hardcover

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Moliere: the Misanthrope & Tartuffe

Walking to Sleep

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Advice to a Prophet

(School for Husbands and Sganarelle, or the Imaginary Cuckold, by Moliere) Author: Richard Wilbur published on (March, 1994)

A Game of Catch

(Full-color watercolor paintings highlight an insightful s...)

Richard Wilbur: Collected Poems 1943-2004 Paperback - April 3, 2006

The Disappearing Alphabet

( Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur turns his sh...)

More Opposites

(Richard Wilbur, poet, translator, critic and teacher, has...)

The mind-reader: New poems

Things of This World

(Collected Poems 1943-2004) Author: Richard Wilbur published on (April, 2006)

Opposites, More Opposites, and a Few Differences by Wilbur, Richard (2000) Paperback

(1st Harcourt paperba)

Richard Wilbur: Collected Poems 1943-2004

( With a distinguished career spanning more than sixty ye...)

School For Husbands and Sganarelle, or The Imaginary Cuckold, by Moliere Hardcover - May 15, 1992

The Pig in the Spigot by Wilbur, Richard (2004) Paperback

(Reprint)

Walking to Sleep New Poems and Translations (book)
Anterooms: New Poems and Translations by Richard Wilbur (2010-11-12)
New and Collected Poems by Richard Wilbur (1988-04-30)
The Misanthrope. by translated into English verse by Richard Wilbur MoliÃ..re (1998-01-01) (Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)
The Mind-Reader (GOOD-PLUS TRADE-PAPERBACK. SMALL AMT OF UNDERLINING AND S...)
The Disappearing Alphabet By Wilbur, Richard ( Author ) Paperback 2001
New and Collected Poems (Harvest Book)
Opposites, More Opposites, and a Few Differences (This collection includes the full text and drawings from ...)
The Misanthrope: Comedy in Five Acts, 1666 Done Into English Verse Translated By
The Disappearing Alphabet (Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur turns his shar...)

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Born

March 1, 1921

New York City
Nationality
American

Education

1942

Amherst College , Bachelor of Arts
1952

Amherst College , Master of Arts
1967

Amherst College , Doctor of Letters
1947

Harvard University , Master of Arts
Lawrence College , Doctor of Humane Letters
Williams College , Doctor of Humane Letters
University Rochester , Doctor of Humane Letters
1986

State University of New York , Doctor of Humane Letters
1987

Skidmore College , Doctor of Humane Letters
1990

University Lowell , Doctor of Humane Letters
2002

Massachusetts College Liberal Arts , Doctor of Humane Letters
Clark University , Doctor of Letters
American International College , Doctor of Letters
Marquette University , Doctor of Letters
Wesleyan University , Doctor of Letters
Carnegie-Mellon University , Doctor of Letters
1982

Lake Forest College , Doctor of Letters
1996

Smith College , Doctor of Letters
1996

Sewanee University , Doctor of Letters
2001

St. Mary's Seminary and University , Doctor of Divinity
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Awards

Decorated chevalier Ordre des Palmes Academiques. Recipient Harriet Monroe prize Poetry magazine, 1948, Oscar Blumenthal prize, 1950, Prix de Rome, American Academy Arts and Letters, 1954, Edna St. Vincent Millay Memorial award, 1957, National Book award, 1957, Pulitzer prize, 1957, Sarah Josepha Hale award, 1968, Bollingen prize, 1971, Brandeis University Creative Arts award, 1971, Prix Henri Desfeuilles, 1971, Shelley Memorial award, 1973, Harriet Monroe Poetry award, 1978, St. Botolph's Club Foundation award, 1983, Drama Desk award, 1983, Aiken-Taylor award, 1988, Bunn award, 1988, Washington College Literature award, 1988, St. Louis Literature award, 1989, Grand Master award Birmingham-Southern College, 1989, Gold Medal for Poetry, American Academy Institute Arts and Letters, 1991, Edward MacDowell medal, 1992, National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Literature, 1994, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association/Manheim Medal for Translation, 1994, Milton Center prize, 1995, Academy American Achievement award, 1995, Robert Frost medal Poetry Society of America, 1996, Thomas Stearns Eliot award, 1996, Wallace Stevens award, 2003, Ruth Lilly prize, 2006. Guggenheim fellow, 1952-1953, 63, Ford fellow, 1960-1961, Camargo Foundation fellow, 1985. Named United States Poet Laureate, Library. Congress, 1987, National Medal of the Arts, 1994. Named to Theater Hall of Fame, 2003.

Decorated chevalier Ordre des Palmes Academiques. Recipient Harriet Monroe prize Poetry magazine, 1948, Oscar Blumenthal prize, 1950, Prix de Rome, American Academy Arts and Letters, 1954, Edna St. Vincent Millay Memorial award, 1957, National Book award, 1957, Pulitzer prize, 1957, Sarah Josepha Hale award, 1968, Bollingen prize, 1971, Brandeis University Creative Arts award, 1971, Prix Henri Desfeuilles, 1971, Shelley Memorial award, 1973, Harriet Monroe Poetry award, 1978, St. Botolph's Club Foundation award, 1983, Drama Desk award, 1983, Aiken-Taylor award, 1988, Bunn award, 1988, Washington College Literature award, 1988, St. Louis Literature award, 1989, Grand Master award Birmingham-Southern College, 1989, Gold Medal for Poetry, American Academy Institute Arts and Letters, 1991, Edward MacDowell medal, 1992, National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Literature, 1994, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association/Manheim Medal for Translation, 1994, Milton Center prize, 1995, Academy American Achievement award, 1995, Robert Frost medal Poetry Society of America, 1996, Thomas Stearns Eliot award, 1996, Wallace Stevens award, 2003, Ruth Lilly prize, 2006. Guggenheim fellow, 1952-1953, 63, Ford fellow, 1960-1961, Camargo Foundation fellow, 1985.

Named United States Poet Laureate, Library. Congress, 1987, National Medal of the Arts, 1994. Named to Theater Hall of Fame, 2003.