Charles wright poet wiki
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Charles Wright (poet)
American writer; University of Virginia professor
Charles Wright (born August 25, ) is an American poet. He shared the National Book Award in for Country Music: Selected Early Poems[1] and won the Pulitzer Prize in for Black Zodiac.[2] From to , he served as the 20th Poet Laureate of the United States.[3]
Early life and education
Wright was born in Pickwick Dam, Tennessee.
Charles wright poet wiki
Wright attended Christ School (North Carolina) in Asheville for his junior and senior years where he helped coach football, served as vice president of his class, and became a member of the honors program.[4] While at Christ School, he enveloped himself in the literature that would inspire him to write.
By the time he graduated in he had read everything William Faulkner had written. He then matriculated at Davidson College and graduated with a BA in history in [5] He received a master's degree from the University of Iowa in ,