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Richard Wilbur
Richard Wilbur is an acclaimed poet, translator, and teacher who served as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1987-88. He is a former President and Chancellor of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and his honors include the National Book Award, two PEN Translation Prizes, the Bollingen Prize, two Guggenheim Fellowships, and two Pulitzer Prizes for poetry. His books of poetry include Mayflies: New Poems and Translations, and Things of This World. Mr. Wilbur has also published numerous translations of French plays, several books for children, and two collections of prose pieces.