Last Updated: 10 Aug, 2023 | Views: 309
Age: 89
Profession: Poet
Other Profession(s): Author, Professor, Translator
Famous For: Pulitzer Prize For Poetry
Higher Education: Graduated
About (Profile/Biography):
Charles Wright was born on August 25, 1935, in Pickwick Dam, Tennessee. A poet from the United States, he writes poetry. Country Music: Selected Early Poems shared the 1983 National Book Award with Black Zodiac, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998. During 2014 and 2015, he served as the 20th United States Poet Laureate. As a student at Christ School, he immersed himself in the literature and inspires him as a writer. He had read all of Faulkner's works by the time he graduated in 1953.
Career:
1966 to 1983: It was at UC Irvine, where he taught.
1983: He graduated from the University of Virginia and remained there until his retirement in 2010.
1957 to 1961: While serving in the United States Army Intelligence Corps in Verona, Wright began writing poetry.
2014: Upon his election as Poet Laureate of the United States on September 25, 2014, Wright was announced by the Library of Congress on June 12, 2014.
1979: he won the PEN Translation Prize for his translation of Eugenio Montale's The Storm and Other Poems.
1993: His lifetime achievement was recognized with the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.
1996: The Academy of American Poets awarded him the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for Chickamauga (1995).
A Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Critics Circle award were both won by Black Zodiac (1997).
Other works:
2019: Oblivion Banjo: The Poetry of Charles Wright
2014: Caribou
2009: Sestets
2007: Littlefoot
1999: North American
1998: Appalachia
Wait!
Here're some popular profiles for you.
