Richard Wilbur

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Richard Wilbur


Born
in New York City, The United States
March 01, 1921

Died
October 14, 2017

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Wilbur was born in New York City and grew up in North Caldwell, New Jersey.He graduated from Montclair High School in 1938, having worked on the school newspaper as a student there. He graduated from Amherst College in 1942 and then served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945 during World War II. After the Army and graduate school at Harvard University, Wilbur taught at Wesleyan University for two decades and at Smith College for another decade. At Wesleyan, he was instrumental in founding the award-winning poetry series of the University Press.He received two Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry and, as of 2011, teaches at Amherst College.He is also on the editorial board of the literary magazine The Common, based at Amherst Coll
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“What is the opposite of two?
A lonely me, a lonely you.”
Richard Wilbur, Opposites, More Opposites, and a Few Differences

“Outside the open window
The morning air is all awash with angels.”
Richard Wilbur, Collected Poems, 1943-2004

“Odd that a thing is most itself when likened”
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