James Wright (poet)

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James Wright was an American poet known for his emotionally resonant, image-rich verse and his association with the Deep Image movement in mid-20th-century poetry.

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instanceOf American poet
human
poet
awardReceived Bollingen Prize
Fellowship of the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
birthName James Arlington Wright
burialPlace Oak Grove Cemetery, Martins Ferry, Ohio, United States
causeOfDeath cancer
child Franz Wright
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1927-12-13
dateOfDeath 1980-03-25
educatedAt Kenyon College
University of Washington
Vienna University
employer Macalester College
University of Minnesota
genre lyric poetry
hasRelative Anne Wright
Franz Wright
Libby Snyder
influenced Franz Wright
influencedBy Georg Trakl
Pablo Neruda
Rainer Maria Rilke
Thomas Hardy
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Confessional poetry
Deep Image
name James Wright
notableFor exploration of loneliness and despair
transformative depictions of the American Midwest
use of vivid imagery
notableWork Above the River: The Complete Poems
Collected Poems
Saint Judas
linked to: Judas of James

Shall We Gather at the River
The Branch Will Not Break
Two Citizens
occupation poet
placeOfBirth Martins Ferry, Ohio, United States
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
linked to: New York City
spouse Anne Wright
Libby Snyder
style emotionally resonant verse
image-rich verse

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Martins Ferry, Ohio hasNotablePerson James Wright (poet)
"Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio" author James Wright
linked to: James Wright (poet)
Yale Younger Poets Series hasNotableWinner James Wright
subject linked to: The Yale Younger Poets Series
linked to: James Wright (poet)