Richard Wilbur (2010)
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For the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series 2010, Richard Wilbur read from his work in the Folger's Elizabethan Theatre on May 18, 2010.
Richard Wilbur
Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate Richard Wilbur reads from his body of work that spans more than 60 years. His numerous publications include Collected Poems, 1943-2004; Mayflies: New Poems and Translations; New and Collected Poems, which won the Pulitzer Prize; Things of This World, for which he received his second Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award; and Ceremony and Other Poems. Among Wilbur’s many honors are the Wallace Stevens Award, the T. S. Eliot Award, and two Guggenheim Fellowships.