Wright, James

Wright, James

▪ American author
in full  James Arlington Wright  
born Dec. 13, 1927, Martin's Ferry, Ohio, U.S.
died March 25, 1980, New York, N.Y.

      American poet of the postmodern era who wrote about sorrow, salvation, and self-revelation, often drawing on his native Ohio River valley for images of nature and industry. In 1972 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Collected Poems (1971).

      After serving in the U.S. Army in World War II, Wright studied under John Crowe Ransom (Ransom, John Crowe) at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio (B.A., 1952), received a Fulbright scholarship to the University of Vienna (1952–53), and continued his studies under Theodore Roethke at the University of Washington (M.A., 1954; Ph.D., 1959). Wright taught at the University of Minnesota (1957–63) and at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn. (1963–65), before joining the faculty of Hunter College, New York City, in 1966. His first two books, The Green Wall (1957) and Saint Judas (1959), were influenced by the poetry of Edwin Arlington Robinson (Robinson, Edwin Arlington), Georg Trakl (Trakl, Georg), and Robert Frost (Frost, Robert).

      The Branch Will Not Break (1963), the watershed of Wright's career, is characterized by free verse, simple diction, and a casual mix of objective and subjective imagery, as illustrated by the poem “Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota.” The successful Collected Poems was followed by Two Citizens (1973), a volume of 31 poems about his European travels, American upbringing, and love for his wife. His other books include Shall We Gather at the River (1968), To a Blossoming Pear Tree (1977), and This Journey (1982). Wright also translated the works of Trakl, César Vallejo (Vallejo, César), Hermann Hesse (Hesse, Hermann), and Pablo Neruda (Neruda, Pablo), often in collaboration with Robert Bly.

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