Richard Wilbur  

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Richard Purdy Wilbur (March 1, 1921 – October 14, 2017) was an American poet and literary translator. Working primarily in traditional forms, his work is marked by its wit, charm, and gentlemanly elegance. In 1987 Wilbur was appointed the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress and he received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry twice, in 1957 and again in 1989.

Bibliography

Poetry collections

• 1947: The Beautiful Changes, and Other Poems
• 1950: Ceremony, and Other Poems
• 1955: A Bestiary
• 1956: Things of This World – won Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and National Book Award, both in 1957
• 1961: Advice to a Prophet, and Other Poems
• 1969: Walking to Sleep: New Poems and Translations
• 1976: The Mind-Reader: New Poems
• 1988: New and Collected Poems – won Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1989
• 2000: Mayflies: New Poems and Translations
• 2004: Collected Poems, 1943–2004
• 2010: Anterooms

Prose collections

• 1976: Responses: Prose Pieces, 1953–1976
• 1997: The Catbird's Song: Prose Pieces, 1963–1995

Translated plays from other authors

Translated from Molière

• The Misanthrope (1955/1666)<ref>Template:Citation.</ref>
• Tartuffe (1963/1669)<ref>Template:Citation.</ref>
• The School for Wives (1971/1662)<ref>Template:Citation.</ref>
• The Learned Ladies (1978/1672)<ref>Template:Citation.</ref>
• The School for Husbands (1992/1661)<ref>Template:Citation.</ref>
• The Imaginary Cuckold, or Sganarelle (1993/1660)<ref>Template:Citation.</ref>
• Amphitryon (1995/1668)<ref>Template:Citation.</ref>
• The Bungler (2000/1655)<ref>Template:Citation.</ref>
• Don Juan (2001/1665)<ref>Template:Citation.</ref>
• Lovers' Quarrels (2009/1656)<ref>Template:Citation.</ref>

From Jean Racine

• Andromache (1982/1667)<ref>Template:Citation.</ref>
• Phaedra (1986/1677)<ref>Template:Citation.</ref>
• The Suitors (2001/1668)<ref>Template:Citation.</ref>

From Pierre Corneille

• The Theatre of Illusion (2007/1636)<ref>Template:Citation.</ref>
• Le Cid (2009/1636)<ref>Template:Citation.</ref>
• The Liar (2009/1643)<ref>Template:Citation.</ref>