Richard Wilbur

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:poet
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Amherst_College
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Wesleyan_University
gptkbp:awarded_for gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_for_Poetry
gptkb:National_Book_Award
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_for_Poetry
gptkb:National_Book_Award
gptkbp:birth_date 1921-03-01
gptkbp:birth_year gptkb:1921
gptkbp:born March 1, 1921
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:children gptkb:Amy_Wilbur
gptkb:3
Christopher Wilbur
Elizabeth Wilbur
gptkbp:death_year gptkb:2017
gptkbp:died October 14, 2017
gptkbp:died_on 2017-10-14
gptkbp:famous_quote " The best poems are the ones that are not written."
" A poem is a little myth of the mind."
" The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth."
" Words are the only things that last."
" Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of words."
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
Lyric poetry
Formal poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Richard Wilbur
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:William_Wordsworth
gptkb:John_Keats
gptkb:Robert_Frost
gptkbp:inspired_by gptkb:Nature
Human experience
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:children's_literature
Translation of Molière
Poetic form and structure
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:member gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_awards gptkb:The_William_Carlos_Williams_Award
gptkb:The_New_York_State_Governor's_Arts_Award
gptkb:The_Academy_of_American_Poets_Fellowship
gptkb:The_Robert_Frost_Medal
gptkb:The_New_York_Public_Library's_Literary_Lion_Award
gptkb:The_New_York_State_Poet_Laureate
gptkb:The_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters_Award
gptkb:The_Poetry_Society_of_America_Award
gptkb:The_Poetry_Society_of_America_Award_for_Translation
gptkb:The_National_Book_Critics_Circle_Award
gptkb:The_Wallace_Stevens_Award
gptkb:The_Golden_Rose_Award
gptkb:The_Frost_Medal
gptkb:The_John_Simon_Guggenheim_Memorial_Foundation_Fellowship
gptkb:The_Langston_Hughes_Medal
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
The American Academy of Arts and Letters Honorary Membership
gptkbp:notable_influence Contemporary American poetry
Poetic tradition
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:New_and_Selected_Poems
gptkb:The_Poems_of_Richard_Wilbur
Things of This World
The Mind-Reader
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:translator
gptkb:essayist
gptkb:poet
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Belmont,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Charlotte_Hargreaves
gptkbp:style Traditional forms
Wit and humor
Meticulous craftsmanship
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Robert_Lowell
gptkb:D._H._Lawrence
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkb:The_New_York_Review_of_Books
gptkb:Rainer_Maria_Rilke_IV
gptkb:Amherst_College
gptkb:John_Keats
gptkb:T._S._Eliot
gptkb:The_New_York_Times_Sunday_Magazine
gptkb:Walt_Whitman
gptkb:New_York_Times_Magazine
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