Literary Library

C. D. Wright

by Angela Beck December 19, 2025

January 6, 1949 - January 12, 2016American poetAuthor of "Translation of the Gospel Back Into Tongues", "Rising, Falling, Hovering" (for which she...

Dominican
Dominican Republic
Editor
Literary Editor
MacArthur Fellowship
National Book Award
National Book Critics Circle Award
Norman Mailer Prize
PEN/Malamud Award
Professor
Pulitzer Prize
Writer

Griffin Poetry Prize MacArthur Fellowship National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Rhode Island

by Angela Beck May 19, 2024

December 31, 1968 - Dominican-American writer, professor and fiction editorAuthor of "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" (for which he won the ...

Dominican Dominican Republic Editor Literary Editor MacArthur Fellowship National Book Award National Book Critics Circle Award Norman Mailer Prize PEN/Malamud Award Professor Pulitzer Prize Writer