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(1927-1980) Poet. James Wright taught at Hunter College in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

James Arlington Wright

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1927

BIRTH

James Arlington Wright was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio, in 1927.

1957

LITWORK

The Green Wall
Yale University Press.

Collection of poetry.

1959

LITWORK

Saint Judas
Wesleyan University Press.

Collection of poetry.

1963

LITWORK

The Branch Will Not Break
Wesleyan University Press.

Collection of poetry.

1966

OTHER

Wright began teaching at Hunter College in Manhattan, New York, in 1966.

1967

LITWORK

Shall We Gather at the River?
Wesleyan University Press.

Collection of poetry.

1971

LITWORK

Collected Poems
Wesleyan University Press.

Collection of poetry; winner of a Pulitzer Prize in poetry.

1973

LITWORK

Two Citizens
Farrar, Straus Giroux.

Collection of poetry.

1974

LITWORK

I See The Wind


Collection of poetry.

1976

LITWORK

Old Booksellers and Other Poems


Collection of poetry.

1977

LITWORK

To A Blossoming Pear Tree
Farrar, Straus Giroux.

Collection of poetry.

1980

DEATH

James Wright died in New York City in 1980.

1986

LITWORK

The Shape of Light


Collection of poetry.

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