Witter Bynner Poetry Prize
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The Witter Bynner Poetry Prize was established by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1980 to support the work of a young poet. It is named for poet Witter Bynner
. The prize was discontinued in 2003.
Winners:
Witter Bynner
Harold Witter Bynner was an American poet, writer and scholar, known for his long residence in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at what is now the Inn of the Turquoise Bear.-Early life:...
. The prize was discontinued in 2003.
Winners:
- 2002—Susan WheelerSusan WheelerSusan Wheeler is an educator and award-winning poet whose poems have frequently appeared in anthologies. She currently teaches creative writing at Princeton University.Her published works include:...
- 2001—Rachel WetzsteonRachel Wetzsteon-Life:Born in New York City, New York, the daughter of editor Ross Wetzsteon , she graduated from Yale University in 1989, where she studied with Marie Borroff, and John Hollander....
- 2000—Dana Levin
- 1999—Brigit Pegeen KellyBrigit Pegeen KellyBrigit Pegeen Kelly is an award-winning American poet.-Life:She is married to , a poet and fiction writer.She taught at the University of California at Irvine, Purdue University, and Warren Wilson College....
- 1998—Elizabeth SpiresElizabeth Spires-Life:She was raised in Circleville. She graduated from Vassar College and Johns Hopkins University.Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, American Poetry Review, The New Criterion, The Paris Review, and in many other literary magazines and anthologies, She lives in Baltimore with her...
- 1997—Mark DotyMark DotyMark Doty is an American poet and memoirist.-Biography:He was born in Maryville, Tennessee, earned his Bachelor of Arts from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and received his Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Goddard College in Vermont.In 1989, his partner Wally Roberts tested...
- 1996—Lucie Brock-BroidoLucie Brock-BroidoLucie Brock-Broido is the author of three collections of poetry. She has received many honors, including the Witter-Bynner prize of Poetry from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award, the Harvard-Danforth Award for Distinction in Teaching, the Jerome J...
- 1995—Roald DahlRoald DahlRoald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, fighter pilot and screenwriter.Born in Wales to Norwegian parents, he served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, in which he became a flying ace and intelligence agent, rising to the rank of Wing Commander...
- 1990—Jacqueline OsherowJacqueline OsherowJacqueline Osherow is an American poet, and Distinguished Professor at University of Utah.-Life:She was raised in Philadelphia.She graduated from Radcliffe College with a BA magna cum laude, and from Princeton University with a PhD....
See also
- Witter Bynner Fellowships
- American poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of literature awards
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature