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Charles Wright

American writer; University of Virginia professor (born 1935)
Person human Q2960465

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[23]
Date of birth
August 25, 1935
Place of birth
Pickwick Dam
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
writer, poet, translator, critic, university teacher, school teacher[9]
Employer
University of Virginia[10]
Educated at
Christ School[11]
Award received
Bollingen Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, National Book Award, United States Poet Laureate, Fulbright Scholarship, Guggenheim Fellowship, National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, PEN Translation Prize, Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Genre
poetry[24]
Nominated for
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry[28]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[29]
Archives at
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library[25]
Family name
Wright[26]
Given name
Charles[27]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Letters[22]
P14541
1yfP7F
Writing language
English[30]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 52
ISNI
0000000081762779
VIAF cluster ID
110426741
Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
118901613
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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BIBSYS ID
90900568
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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CONOR.SI ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118901613
ELNET ID
a11890952
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Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
42912
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Charles-Wright
Europeana entity
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FAST ID
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Freebase ID
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Guggenheim fellows ID
charles-wright
IdRef ID
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IxTheo authority ID
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KBR person ID
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Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118901613
Kallías ID
PE00125102
Libraries Australia ID
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LibraryThing author ID
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Libris-URI
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Los Angeles Review of Books author ID
charles-wright
MAPS poet ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA03443493
NL CR AUT ID
stk2008428746
NLA Trove people ID
1017652
NSK (VIAF) ID
000250786
NSK ID
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NUKAT ID
n2015093629
NYRB contributor ID
charles-wright
National Library of Chile ID
000238196
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000238743
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007310727505171
National Library of Latvia ID
000000301
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1611806
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068364458
Open Library ID
OL28235A
Poetry Archive poet ID
charles-wright
Poetry Foundation ID
charles-wright
Poetry Society of America poet ID
charles_wright
Poets.org poet ID
charles-wright
SBN author ID
UBOV525253
SELIBR ID
319654
SNAC ARK ID
w65146b6
The Paris Review interviewee ID
2369
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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🔗 Connections
Award received 8
Fulbright Scholarship, National Book Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Bollingen Prize, United States Poet Laureate, Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, PEN Translation Prize
Occupation 6
writer, poet, translator, critic, university teacher, school teacher
Nominated for 4
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
← Winner 2
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, PEN Translation Prize
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Employer 1
University of Virginia
Family name 1
Wright
Genre 1
poetry
Given name 1
Charles
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Charles Wright was born on August 25, 1935[1], in Pickwick Dam[2]. He has worked as a writer[3], poet[4], translator[5], critic[6], and university teacher[7].

FAQs

Where was Charles Wright born?

Charles Wright was born in Pickwick Dam[2].

What did Charles Wright do for work?

Charles Wright worked as a writer[3], poet[4], translator[5], critic[6], and university teacher[7].

Where did Charles Wright go to school?

Charles Wright was educated at Christ School[11].

What awards did Charles Wright receive?

Honors received include Bollingen Prize[12], Pulitzer Prize for Poetry[13], National Book Award[14], and United States Poet Laureate[15].

Related Entities

poetry United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . bollingen.yale.edu. Retrieved . bollingen.yale.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . pulitzer.org. pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . bookcritics.org. bookcritics.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . poetryfoundation.org. poetryfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . pid.emory.edu. pid.emory.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . pulitzer.org. pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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