Country Music: Selected Early Poems

National Book · 1983 · Winner

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
National Book Award for Poetry	1983	Winner

About the Author

Charles WrightAmerican

Charles Wright (born August 25, 1935) is an American poet renowned for his meditative, image-rich lyrics exploring nature, memory, time, and spirituality. Among his most notable works are Country Music: Selected Early Poems (1983 National Book Award), Black Zodiac (1998 Pulitzer Prize), Chickamauga (1996 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize), and Scar Tissue (2007 Griffin Poetry Prize); he served as U.S. Poet Laureate (2014-2015) and received lifetime honors like the Ruth Lilly (1993) and Bollingen (2013) Prizes. Read more →