The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually for Letters, Drama, and Music. It was first presented in 1922, and is given for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, published during the preceding calendar year. Finalists have been announced since 1980, ordinarily two others beside the winner.

1918 and 1919 special prizes

Before the establishment of the award, the 1918 and 1919 Pulitzer cycles included three Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards (called at the time the Columbia University Poetry Prize) for poetry books funded by "a special grant from The Poetry Society." See Special Pulitzers for Letters. * 1918: ''Love Songs'' by Sara Teasdale * 1919: ''Cornhuskers'' by Carl Sandburg * 1919: ''The Old Road to Paradise'' by Margaret Widdemer

Winners

In its first 92 years to 2013, the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry was awarded 92 times. Two were given in 2008, none in 1946. Robert Frost won the prize four times and several others won it more than once (

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1920s

* 1922: ''Collected Poems'' by Edwin Arlington Robinson *

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

: ''"The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver"'', ''A Few Figs from Thistles'', and "Eight Sonnets", by Edna St. Vincent Millay * 1924: '' New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes'' by Robert Frost * 1925: ''The Man Who Died Twice'' by Edwin Arlington Robinson * 1926: ''What's O'Clock'' by Amy Lowell *

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 * ...

: ''Fiddler's Farewell'' by Leonora Speyer * 1928: ''Tristram'' by Edwin Arlington Robinson * 1929: '' John Brown's Body'' by Stephen Vincent Benét

1930s

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...

: ''Selected Poems'' by Conrad Aiken *

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

: ''Collected Poems'' by Robert Frost * 1932: ''The Flowering Stone'' by George Dillon * 1933: ''Conquistador'' by Archibald MacLeish * 1934: ''Collected Verse'' by Robert Hillyer * 1935: ''Bright Ambush'' by

Audrey Wurdemann Audrey Wurdemann Auslander (January 1, 1911 – May 20, 1960) was an American poet. She was the youngest winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry at the age of 24, for her collection '' Bright Ambush''. Biography Wurdemann was born in Seattle, ...

* 1936: ''Strange Holiness'' by Robert P. T. Coffin * 1937: ''

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'' by Robert Frost * 1938: ''Cold Morning Sky'' by

Marya Zaturenska Marya Zaturenska (September 12, 1902 – January 19, 1982) was an American lyric poet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1938. Life She was born in Kyiv and her family emigrated to the United States, when she was eight and lived in ...

1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidde ...

: ''Selected Poems'' by John Gould Fletcher

1940s

* 1940: ''Collected Poems'' by

Mark Van Doren Mark Van Doren (June 13, 1894 – December 10, 1972) was an American poet, writer and critic. He was a scholar and a professor of English at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, where he inspired a generation of influential writers and thin ...

* 1941: ''Sunderland Capture'' by Leonard Bacon * 1942: ''The Dust Which Is God'' by William Rose Benét *

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...

: ''

A Witness Tree ''A Witness Tree'' is a collection of poems by Robert Frost, most of which are short lyric, first published in 1942 by Henry Holt and Company in New York. The collection was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1943. Background This collect ...

'' by Robert Frost * 1944: ''Western Star'' by Stephen Vincent Benét * 1945: ''V-Letter and Other Poems'' by Karl Shapiro * 1946: no award given *

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January– February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the count ...

: '' Lord Weary's Castle'' by Robert Lowell *

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

: '' The Age of Anxiety'' by W. H. Auden * 1949: ''Terror and Decorum'' by Peter Viereck

1950s

* 1950: ''Annie Allen'' by Gwendolyn Brooks *

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

: ''Complete Poems'' by Carl Sandburg * 1952: ''Collected Poems'' by Marianne Moore * 1953: ''Collected Poems 1917-1952'' by Archibald MacLeish * 1954: ''The Waking'' by Theodore Roethke * 1955: ''Collected Poems'' by Wallace Stevens * 1956: ''Poems: North & South — A Cold Spring'' by Elizabeth Bishop *

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: ''Things of This World'' by Richard Wilbur * 1958: ''Promises: Poems 1954-1956'' by Robert Penn Warren * 1959: ''Selected Poems 1928-1958'' by Stanley Kunitz

1960s

* 1960: ''Heart's Needle'' by

W. D. Snodgrass William De Witt Snodgrass (January 5, 1926 – January 13, 2009) was an American poet who also wrote under the pseudonym S. S. Gardons. He won the 1960 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Life Snodgrass was born on January 5, 1926, in Beaver Falls, ...

* 1961: ''Times Three: Selected Verse From Three Decades'' by Phyllis McGinley * 1962: ''Poems'' by Alan Dugan *

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

: ''Pictures from Brueghel'' by William Carlos Williams * 1964: ''At The End Of The Open Road'' by Louis Simpson * 1965: '' 77 Dream Songs'' by John Berryman * 1966: ''Selected Poems'' by Richard Eberhart * 1967: '' Live or Die'' by Anne Sexton *

1968 The year was highlighted by Protests of 1968, protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechos ...

: ''The Hard Hours'' by Anthony Hecht * 1969: ''Of Being Numerous'' by George Oppen

1970s

* 1970: ''Untitled Subjects'' by Richard Howard *

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

: ''The Carrier of Ladders'' by W. S. Merwin * 1972: ''Collected Poems'' by James Wright * 1973: ''Up Country'' by Maxine Kumin * 1974: ''The Dolphin'' by Robert Lowell *

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

: '' Turtle Island'' by Gary Snyder * 1976: '' Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror'' by John Ashbery *

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrati ...

: '' Divine Comedies'' by James Merrill * 1978: ''Collected Poems'' by Howard Nemerov * 1979: ''Now and Then'' by Robert Penn Warren

1980s

Indented entries are finalists after each year's winner. * 1980: ''Selected Poems'' by Donald Justice ** ''Goshawk, Antelope'' by Dave Smith ** ''Selected Poems'' by Richard Hugo *

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major off ...

: ''The Morning of the Poem'' by James Schuyler ** ''Selected Poems'' by Mark Strand ** ''The Right Madness on Skye'' by Richard Hugo *

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., Un ...

: ''The Collected Poems'' by Sylvia Plath ** ''Dream Flights'' by Dave Smith ** ''The Southern Cross'' by Charles Wright * 1983: ''Selected Poems'' by Galway Kinnell ** ''Country Music, Selected Early Poems'' by Charles Wright ** ''

Monolithos ''Monolithos, Poems 1962 and 1982'' is the second book of poetry by American poet Jack Gilbert. It was nominated for all three major American book awards: the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and the National Boo ...

, Poems 1962 and 1982'' by Jack Gilbert * 1984: ''American Primitive'' by Mary Oliver ** ''Collected Poems, 1930-1982'' by Josephine Miles ** ''Weather-Fear: New and Selected Poems'' by John Engels * 1985: ''Yin'' by Carolyn Kizer ** ''Ground Work'' by Robert Duncan ** ''The Other Side of the River'' by Charles Wright * 1986: ''The Flying Change'' by Henry S. Taylor ** ''Saints and Strangers'' by Andrew Hudgins ** ''Selected Poems, 1963-1983'' by Charles Simic * 1987: ''Thomas and Beulah'' by Rita Dove ** ''The Selected Poetry of Hayden Carruth'' by Hayden Carruth ** ''Unending Blues'' by Charles Simic * 1988: ''Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems'' by William Meredith ** ''Flesh and Blood'' by C.K. Williams ** ''Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980'' and ''Next: New Poems'' by Lucille Clifton * 1989: ''New and Collected Poems'' by Richard Wilbur ** ''The One Day'' by Donald Hall ** ''The River of Heaven'' by

Garrett Hongo Garrett Kaoru Hongo (born May 30, 1951) is a Yonsei, fourth-generation Japanese American academic and poet. His work draws on Japanese American history and his own experiences.Arakawa, Suzanne K. (2005). "Hongo, Garrett (Kaoru)", in He was a ...

1990s

Indented entries are finalists after each year's winner. * 1990: ''The World Doesn't End'' by Charles Simic ** ''Selected and Last Poems'' by Paul Zweig ** ''Time's Power'' by Adrienne Rich *** *

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the ...

: '' Near Changes'' by Mona Van Duyn ** ''Leaving Another Kingdom'' by Gerald Stern ** ''The Transparent Man'' by Anthony Hecht * 1992: ''Selected Poems'' by James Tate ** ''An Atlas of the Difficult World'' by Adrienne Rich ** ''Selected Poems'' by Robert Creeley *

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

: '' The Wild Iris'' by Louise Glück ** ''Hotel Lautreamont'' by John Ashbery ** ''Selected Poems 1946-1985'' by James Merrill *

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...

: ''Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems'' by Yusef Komunyakaa ** ''Bright Existence'' by Brenda Hillman ** ''The Metamorphoses of Ovid'' by Allen Mandelbaum *

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strike ...

: ''The Simple Truth'' by Philip Levine ** ''Cosmopolitan Greetings: Poems 1986-1992'' by Allen Ginsberg ** ''On The Great Atlantic Rainway: Selected Poems 1950-1988'' and ''One Train'' by Kenneth Koch * 1996: ''The Dream of the Unified Field'' by Jorie Graham ** ''Chickamauga'' by Charles Wright ** ''New and Selected Poems'' by Donald Justice * 1997: ''Alive Together: New and Selected Poems'' by Lisel Mueller ** ''The Figured Wheel'' by Robert Pinsky ** ''The Willow Grove'' by

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* 1998: ''Black Zodiac'' by Charles Wright ** ''Desire'' by Frank Bidart ** ''The Vigil'' by C.K. Williams *

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school s ...

: ''Blizzard of One'' by Mark Strand ** ''Going Fast'' by Frederick Seidel ** ''Mysteries of Small Houses'' by Alice Notley

2000s

Indented entries are finalists after each year's winner. Two prizes were awarded in 2008. *

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

: ''Repair'' by C. K. Williams ** ''Elegy for the Southern Drawl'' by Rodney Jones ** ''Midnight Salvage: Poems 1995-1998'' by Adrienne Rich *

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...

: ''Different Hours'' by Stephen Dunn ** ''Pursuit of a Wound'' by

Sydney Lea Sydney Lea (born December 22, 1942) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, editor, and professor. He was the founding editor of the '' New England Review'' and was the Poet Laureate of Vermont from 2011 to 2015. Lea's writings focus the outdo ...

** ''The Other Lover'' by Bruce Smith * 2002: ''Practical Gods'' by Carl Dennis ** ''The Beforelife'' by Franz Wright ** ''The Seven Ages'' by Louise Glück *

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, disintegrated during reentry into Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an 2002– ...

: ''Moy Sand and Gravel'' by Paul Muldoon ** ''Hazmat'' by J. D. McClatchy ** ''Music Like Dirt'' by Frank Bidart *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

: ''Walking to Martha's Vineyard'' by Franz Wright ** ''Eyeshot'' by Heather McHugh ** ''Middle Earth'' by Henri Cole * 2005: ''Delights & Shadows'' by Ted Kooser ** ''Search Party: Collected Poems'' by William Matthews ** ''The Orchard'' by Brigit Pegeen Kelly * 2006: ''Late Wife'' by Claudia Emerson ** ''American Sublime'' by Elizabeth Alexander ** ''Elegy on Toy Piano'' by Dean Young *

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...

: ''Native Guard'' by Natasha Trethewey ** ''Interrogation Palace: New & Selected Poems 1982-2004'' by David Wojahn ** ''The Republic of Poetry'' by Martín Espada * 2008: ''Time and Materials'' by Robert Hass and ''Failure'' by Philip Schultz ** ''Messenger: New and Selected Poems, 1976-2006'' by Ellen Bryant Voigt * 2009: ''The Shadow of Sirius'' by W. S. Merwin ** ''Watching the Spring Festival'' by Frank Bidart ** ''What Love Comes To: New & Selected Poems'' by Ruth Stone

2010s

Indented entries are finalists after each year's winner. * 2010: '' Versed'' by

Rae Armantrout Rae Armantrout (born April 13, 1947) is an American poet generally associated with the Language poets. She has published ten books of poetry and has also been featured in a number of major anthologies. Armantrout currently teaches at the Univers ...

** ''Inseminating the Elephant'' by Lucia Perillo ** ''Tryst'' by

Angie Estes Angie Estes is an American poet, and professor at Ashland University. She graduated from the University of Oregon with an M.A. and Ph.D. in English. She taught at California Polytechnic State University, Oberlin College, and Ohio State Univer ...

* 2011: ''The Best of It: New and Selected Poems'' by Kay Ryan ** ''Break the Glass'' by Jean Valentine ** ''The Common Man'' by Maurice Manning *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

: ''Life on Mars'' by Tracy K. Smith ** ''Core Samples from the World'' by Forrest Gander ** ''How Long'' by

Ron Padgett Ron Padgett (born June 17, 1942, Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American poet, essayist, fiction writer, translator, and a member of the New York School. ''Great Balls of Fire'', Padgett's first full-length collection of poems, was published in 1969. He ...

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment ...

: ''Stag's Leap'' by Sharon Olds ** ''Collected Poems'' by Jack Gilbert ** ''The Abundance of Nothing'' by Bruce Weigl *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

: ''3 Sections'' by Vijay Seshadri ** ''The Big Smoke'' by Adrian Matejka ** ''The Sleep of Reason'' by Morri Creech * 2015: ''Digest'' by Gregory Pardlo ** ''Compass Rose'' by Arthur Sze ** ''Reel to Reel'' by

Alan Shapiro Alan Richard Shapiro (born February 18, 1952 in Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the ...

* 2016: '' Ozone Journal'' by

Peter Balakian Peter Balakian, born June 13, 1951, is an American poet, prose writer, and scholar. He is the author of many books including the 2016 Pulitzer prize winning book of poems ''Ozone Journal'', the memoir ''Black Dog of Fate'', winner of the PEN/Alb ...

** ''Alive: New and Selected Poems'' by

Elizabeth Willis Elizabeth Willis (born April 28, 1961, Bahrain) is an American poet and literary critic. She currently serves as Professor of Poetry at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Willis has won several awards for her poetry including the National Poetry Serie ...

** ''Four-Legged Girl'' by Diane Seuss *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

: ''

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Tyehimba Jess Tyehimba Jess (born 1965 in Detroit) is an American poet. His book '' Olio'' received the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Biography Early life Tyehimba Jess was born Jesse S. Goodwin. He grew up in Detroit, where his father worked in that city' ...

** ''Collected Poems: 1950-2012'' by Adrienne Rich ** ''XX'' by

Campbell McGrath Campbell McGrath (born 1962) is an American poet. He is the author of nine full-length collections of poetry, including ''Seven Notebooks'' ( Ecco Press, 2008), Shannon: A Poem of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Ecco Press, 2009), and In the Kingd ...

* 2018: '' Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016'' by Frank Bidart ** '' Incendiary Art'', by Patricia Smith ** ''semiautomatic'', by Evie Shockley *

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

: ''Be With'' by Forrest Gander ** ''feeld'' by

Jos Charles Jos Charles (born November 14, 1988) is a trans American poet, writer, translator, and editor. In 2017 her book ''feeld'' was a winner in the prestigious National Poetry Series. She is the founding editor of THEM, the first trans literary journal i ...

** ''Like'' by

A.E. Stallings Alicia Elsbeth Stallings (born July 2, 1968) is an American New Formalist and Philhellene poet and translator. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she was named a 2011 MacArthur Fellow (the "Genius Grant"). Background Stalling ...

2020s

Indented entries are finalists after each year's winner. *

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...

: '' The Tradition'' by Jericho Brown ** ''Dunce'' by Mary Ruefle ** ''Only as the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems'' by Dorianne Laux * 2021: ''Postcolonial Love Poem'' by Natalie Diaz ** ''A Treatise on Stars'' by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge ** ''In the Lateness of the World'' by Carolyn Forché * 2022: '' frank: sonnets'' by Diane Seuss ** ''Refractive Africa: Ballet of the Forgotten'' by Will Alexander ** ''Yellow Rain'' by

Mai Der Vang Mai Der Vang is a Hmong American poet. Life and education Vang was born in Fresno, California. Vang's parents resettled in the United States in 1981 as Hmong refugees fleeing Laos. She graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a ...

Repeat winners

Robert Frost won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry four times from 1924 to 1943. Edwin Arlington Robinson won three prizes during the 1920s and several people, all male, have won two. * Edwin Arlington Robinson, 1922, 1925, 1928 * Robert Frost, 1924, 1931, 1937, 1943 * Stephen Vincent Benét, 1929, 1944 * Archibald MacLeish, 1933, 1953 * Robert Lowell, 1947, 1974 * Richard Wilbur, 1957, 1989 * Robert Penn Warren, 1958, 1979 *

William S. Merwin William Stanley Merwin (September 30, 1927 – March 15, 2019) was an American poet who wrote more than fifty books of poetry and prose, and produced many works in translation. During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin's unique craft was thema ...

, 1971, 2009 Carl Sandburg won one of the special prizes for his poetry in 1919 and won the Poetry Pulitzer in 1951.

References

External links

* {{PulitzerPrize PoetryAuthors

Poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek '' poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings ...

American poetry awards Awards established in 1922