Richard Wilbur Biography (1921-) (original) (raw)

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Born March 1, 1921, in New York, NY; son of Lawrence Lazear and Helen Ruth (Purdy) Wilbur; married Charlotte Ward. Addresses: OFFICE--: Departmentof English, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

March 1, 1921

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• Credits
• FIRST STAGE WORK--Translator, Le Misanthrope, Poets' Theatre, Cambridge,MA, 1955.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK
• Lyricist (with Dorothy Parker and John La Touche), Candide, MartinBeck Theatre, NY, 1956, then Saville Theatre, London, 1959, and revived in New York, 1974.
• translator, Tartuffe, Lincoln Center Repertory, NY, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Ontario, Canada, and National Theatre, London.
• translator, The School for Wives, Phoenix Theatre, NY, 1971.
• translator, The Learned Ladies, Williamstown Festival, MA, 1977.
• translator, Andromache, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 1981.
• Writings
• PLAYS,PRODUCED (Translator)Moliere: Four Comedies, 1982.
• (Translator) Andromache, 1982.
• (With William Schuman)On Freedom's Ground, Statue of Liberty Centennial, New York Philharmonic, NY, 1986.
• The Whale and Other Uncollected Translations, BOA Editions, 1982.
• Charles Baudelaire, Invitation to the Voyage: A Poem from "The Flowersof Evil", 1854, edited by Pamela Prince and Jane Handel, designed by Eric Baker, prose translation by Carol Cosman, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1997.
• Writings;BOOKS
• The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems, 1947.
• Ceremony and Other Poems, 1950.
• Things of This World, 1956.
• Advice to a Prophet, 1961.
• Loudmouse, 1963.
• Walking to Sleep, 1969.
• Digging to China: Poem, 1970.
• Opposites: Poems and Drawings, 1973.
• Seed Leaves: Homage to R. F., 1974.
• Responses: Prose Pieces, 1953-1976, 1976
• The Mind-Reader: New Poems, 1976.
• Seven Poems, 1981.
• Richard Wilbur's Creation, 1983.
• New and Collected Poems, 1988.
• More Opposites, 1991.
• A Game of Catch, 1994.
• Runaway Opposites, 1995.
• The Disappearing Alphabet, 1998.
• Opposites, More Opposites, and a Few Differences, 2000.
• The Pig in the Spigot: Poems, 2000.
• Mayflies: New Poems and Translations, 2000.