b. 1935

Charles Wright


Charles Wright
A native of Tennessee, Charles Wright has written two dozen books of poetry. Photo: Charles Wright, photograph by Holly Wright, courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

About

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Charles Wright served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the United States from 2014 to 2015.  For more information, please visit the links listed to the right.

Books

Caribou: Poems

Charles Wright