What is Richard Wilbur?
{{Infobox writer | name = Richard Wilbur | image = | birth_name = Richard Purdy Wilbur | birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|3|1}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|10|14|1921|3|1}} | death_place = [[Belmont, Massachusetts]], U.S. | occupation = Poet | nationality = | alma_mater = [[Amherst College]] (1942)<br>[[Harvard University]] (1947) | spouse = Mary Charlotte Hayes Ward 1922–2007 | children = Ellen D. Wilbur 1943-,<br> Christopher H. Wilbur 1948-,<br> Nathan L. Wilbur 1951-,<br> Aaron H. Wilbur 1958- | subject = | period = | genre = [[Poetry]], [[Children's books]] | movement = [[Formalism]] | notableworks = ''Things of This World'' | awards = [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]] (1957, 1989) | signature = }} [[File:Richard Wilbur 1964 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Richard Wilbur (1964)]] '''Richard Purdy Wilbur''' (March 1, 1921 &ndash; October 14, 2017) was an [[Americans|American]] poet and literary translator. He became the second [[Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress]] in 1987. He received the [[Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]] two times; in 1957 and again in 1989.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Poet Laureate Timeline: 1981–1990 | url= https://www.loc.gov/poetry/laureate-1981-1990.html | publisher = Library of Congress | year = 2008 | accessdate = 2009-01-01}}</ref> Wilbur was born in [[New York City]], [[New York]]. He studied at [[Amherst College]] and at [[Harvard University]]. He was married to Mary Charlotte Hayes Ward until her death in 2007. They had four children. Wilbur died on October 14, 2017, at a nursing home in [[Belmont, Massachusetts]].<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/15/obituaries/richard-wilbur-poet-laureate-and-pulitzer-winner-dies-at-96.html |title=Richard Wilbur, Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Winner, Dies at 96 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 16, 2017 |access-date=October 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{