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Charles Wright
Charles Wright (born August 25, 1935) is an American poet. He shared the National Book Award in 1983 for Country Music: Selected Early Poems and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 for Black Zodiac. From 2014 to 2015, he served as the 50th Poet Laureate of the United States.
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- #39 of 63The 63 Best American Poets, Ranked
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- #236 of 323The Greatest Poets of All Time
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