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James Wright
American poet (1927-1980) · United States · Writers · Died at 52
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Something wrong?James Arlington Wright was an American lyric poet in the post-World War II decades. He often wrote about his experience of Depression-era poverty in the Midwest. His Collected Poems won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
A life in dates
1980Died25 March 19801972Pulitzer Prize for PoetryAward1971Fellowship of the Academy of American PoetsAward1964Guggenheim FellowshipAward1927Born13 December 1927
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About this person
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 1980 · aged 52
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