Anthony Hecht

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American poet (1923-2004)

United States WritersLived 1923 to 2004 · aged 81

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Anthony Evan Hecht was an American poet. His work combined a deep interest in form with a passionate desire to confront the horrors of 20th-century history, with the Second World War, in which he fought, and the Holocaust being recurrent themes in his work.

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Hecht's grave at Bard College Cemetery in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

Awards 11

2004National Medal of Arts

2000Robert Frost Medal

1997Wallace Stevens Award

1988Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize

1983Bollingen Prize

1982United States Poet Laureate

1969Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets

1968Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

1954Guggenheim Fellowship

1952Rome Prize

Russell Loines Award for Poetry

Connected to Anthony 6

Donald HallAlso won United States Poet Laureate

Mona Van DuynAlso won Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize

Robert HassAlso won Wallace Stevens Award

Richard EberhartAlso won Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Franz WrightAlso won Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

William StaffordAlso won Robert Frost Medal

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