Charles Wright (poet)
Charles Wright (born August 25, 1935) is an American poet. He shared the National Book Award in 1983 for Country Music: Selected Early Poems and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 for Black Zodiac. From 2014 to 2015, he served as the 20th Poet Laureate of the United States.
Charles Wright | |
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| Born | August 25, 1935 Pickwick Dam, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Education | Davidson College (BA) University of Iowa (MFA) |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for poetry; National Book Award for Poetry |
| Spouse | Holly McIntire |
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