biography
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Wilbur, Richard (Purdy)
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| lived:
| (1921– )
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| biography:
| Poet, born in New York City, USA. He studied at Amherst and Harvard universities, and taught at many institutions, notably at Wesleyan University (1957–77). Based in Cummington, MA, he has won acclaim for his translations as well as for his own lyrical poetry, as in New and Collected Poems (1988). Later works include The Pig in the Spigot (2000). He is widely known for his often performed translations of Molière, and for his lyrics to the musical, Candide (1956). He received the Pultizer Prize for Things of This World in 1956, and was named poet laureate of the USA in 1987. |
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