Richard Wilbur, the former poet laureate and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner has died at the age of 96. Wilbur has a connection to MCLA; he was the commencement speaker at the 2002 graduation ceremony. You can read more about Richard Wilbur in our Biography in Context database.
If you are interested in reading some of Wilbur's poetry, we have a number of books in our collection. Below are just a few of them.
New and Collected Poems by
Call Number: PS3545.I32165N49 1988
ISBN: 0151652066
Publication Date: 1988-04-01
Six previously issued collections are combined with some new verse by one of America's foremost poets.
Anterooms by
Call Number: PS3545.I32165 A8 2010
ISBN: 9780547358116
Publication Date: 2010-11-12
Poetry lovers and critics will rejoice at the news of this collection from Richard Wilbur, the legendary poet and translator who was called "a hero to a new generation of critics" by theNew York Times Book Review, and whose work continues to be masterful, accomplished, whimsical, fresh, and important.
Opposites, More Opposites, and a Few Differences by
Call Number: JUV PS3545.I32165 A6 2000
ISBN: 015202347X
Publication Date: 2000-02-28
This collection, from a National Book Award and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, includes the full text and drawings from Opposites and More Opposites, plus seven new poems and drawings about differences.
Mayflies by
Call Number: PS3545.I32165 M39 2000
ISBN: 0151004692
Publication Date: 2000-04-04
In 1989 Richard Wilbur published New and Collected Poems, a landmark volume that won that year's Pulitzer Prize. Now, ten years later, he has prepared a collection of all the poetry he has written in the intervening years, together with new translations of Molière (from Amphitryon) and Dante. These twenty-five poems reaffirm Wilbur's stature as one of our greatest living masters of verse.
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