Richard Purdy Wilbur
1921 - 2017
General Information
Bio
(1921-2017) Poet. Richard Wilbur was born in New York City and died in Belmont, Massachusetts. He was a winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and was selected as the national poet laureate.
Full Name
Richard Purdy Wilbur
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
1921
BIRTH
Richard Purdy Wilbur was born in New York City on March 1, 1921.
1947
LITWORK
The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems
Reynal & Hitchcock
Collection of poetry.
Reynal & Hitchcock
Collection of poetry.
1950
LITWORK
Ceremony and Other Poems
Harcourt Brace
Collection of poetry.
Harcourt Brace
Collection of poetry.
1956
LITWORK
Things Of This World: Poems
Harcourt, Brace
Collection of poetry. Winner of the 1957 Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award.
Harcourt, Brace
Collection of poetry. Winner of the 1957 Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award.
1961
LITWORK
Advice to a Prophet
Harcourt, Brace & World
Collection of poetry.
Harcourt, Brace & World
Collection of poetry.
1969
LITWORK
Walking to Sleep
Harcourt Brace & World
0151941882 / 978-0151941889
Collection of poetry.
Harcourt Brace & World
0151941882 / 978-0151941889
Collection of poetry.
1976
LITWORK
The Mind-Reader
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Collection of poetry.
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Collection of poetry.
1988
LITWORK
New And Collected Poems
Harcourt
0151652058 / 978-0151652068
Collection of poetry. Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize.
Harcourt
0151652058 / 978-0151652068
Collection of poetry. Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize.
1998
LITWORK
The Disappearing Alphabet
Harcourt Children's Books
0152014705 / 978-0152014704
Children's book.
Harcourt Children's Books
0152014705 / 978-0152014704
Children's book.
2004
LITWORK
Collected Poems
Harcourt
0151011052 / 978-0151011056
Collection of poetry.
Harcourt
0151011052 / 978-0151011056
Collection of poetry.
2010
LITWORK
Anterooms
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
0547358113 / 978-0547358116
Collection of poetry.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
0547358113 / 978-0547358116
Collection of poetry.
2017
DEATH
Richard Wilbur died at a nursing home in Belmont, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2017.
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