Charles Wright

(1983)
Souder Family Professor
Poetry Writing

Degrees

M.F.A. Iowa, 1963
B.A. Davidson, 1957

Books

  • Negative Blue. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000.
  • North American Bear. Sutton Hoo, 1999.
  • Appalachia. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998.
  • Black Zodiac. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997.
  • Chickamauga. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1995.
  • Quarter Notes (improvisations and interviews). University of Michigan Press, 1995.
  • The World of the Ten Thousand Things. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990.
  • Xionia. Windhover Press, 1990.
  • Zone Journals. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988.
  • Halflife (improvisations and interviews). University of Michigan Press, 1988.
  • The Other Side of the River. Random House, 1984.
  • Orphic Songs. Dino Campana (translations). Field Editions, 1984.
  • Country Music/Selected Early Poems. Wesleyan University Press, 1982.
  • The Southern Cross. Random House, 1981.
  • The Storm and Other Things. Eugenio Montale (translations), Field Editions, 1978.
  • China Trace. Wesleyan University Press, 1977.
  • Bloodlines. Wesleyan University Press, 1975.
  • Hard Freight. Wesleyan University Press, 1973.
  • The Grave of the Right Hand. Wesleyan University Press, 1970.

Honors

  • Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, 1998
  • Ambassador Book Award, 1998
  • Premio Antico Fattore Alla Poesia, 1998
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry, 1998
  • National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, 1997
  • Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, Academy of American Poets, 1996
  • Member, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1995
  • The Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, 1993
  • Distinguished Contribution to Letters Award, Ingram Merrill Foundation, 1993
  • Award of Merit Medal, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1992
  • Member, Fellowship of Southern Writers, 1991
  • Brandeis Creative Arts Awards, Citation in Poetry, 1987
  • National Book Award, 1983
  • Ingram Merrill Fellowship in Poetry, 1980
  • PEN Translation Prize, 1979
  • American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award, 1977
  • Edgar Allan Poe Award, Academy of American Poets, 1976
  • Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry, 1975
  • National Endowment for the Arts Award, 1974, 1983
  • Fulbright Lecturer, University of Padua, 1968-1969
  • Fulbright Scholar, University of Rome, 1963-1965