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    American poet (1921-2017)

    Richard Purdy Wilburwas an American poet and literary translator. One of the foremost poets of his generation, Wilbur’s work, often employing rhyme, and composed primarily in traditional forms, was marked by its wit, charm, and gentlemanly elegance.

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    About the Richard Wilbur

    Richard Purdy Wilburwas an American poet and literary translator. One of the foremost poets of his generation, Wilbur’s work, often employing rhyme, and composed primarily in traditional forms, was marked by its wit, charm, and gentlemanly elegance. He was appointed the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1987 and received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry twice, in 1957 and 1989.

    3 Quotes by Richard Wilbur

    1. 1.

      To this congress the poet speaks not of peculiar and personal things, but of what in himself is most common, most anonymous, most fundamental, most true of all men.

      Richard Wilbur

      American poet (1921-2017)

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      It is true that the poet does not directly address his neighbors; but he does address a great congress of persons who dwell at the back of his mind, a congress of all those who have taught him and whom he has admired; they constitute his ideal audience and his better self.

      Richard Wilbur

      American poet (1921-2017)

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      What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you.

      Richard Wilbur

      American poet (1921-2017)