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Collected Poems by James Wright — book cover

Collected Poems

by James Wright

Pulitzer Prize · 1972 · Winner
PoetryISBN 9780819569837

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry1972Winner

About the Author

James WrightAmerican

James Arlington Wright (1927–1980) was an American poet born in Martins Ferry, Ohio, known for his lyric poetry exploring themes of poverty, alienation, and redemption in the Midwest, evolving from formalist verse to deep image surrealism.James Wright (poet) Wikipedia). His notable works include The Branch Will Not Break (1963), Saint Judas (1959), and Collected Poems (1971), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1972.Pulitzer.org.

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