Birth Name:

Richard Wilbur

Male

Birth Date:

Tue, Mar 01, 1921

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

New York, New York, United States

Age:

103

Zodiac Sign:

Pisces

Astrology Data:

Sun

10°

Pis

35'

About Richard Wilbur

Richard Purdy Wilbur (March 1, 1921 – October 14, 2017) was an American poet and literary translator. One of the foremost poets of his generation, Wilbur's work, composed primarily in traditional forms, was marked by its wit, charm, and gentlemanly elegance. He was appointed the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1987 and received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry twice, in 1957 and 1989.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Richard Wilbur at the Internet Broadway Database

• Richard Wilbur at Internet Off-Broadway Database

• "The World is Fundamentally a Great Wonder": Richard Wilbur in conversation with Arlo Haskell, October 21, 2009. Littoral.

• Readings by Wilbur at the Key West Literary Seminar: 1993, 2003, 2010

• Lincolnshire Poacher by The Spinners on YouTube

• Ernest Hilbert reviews Richard Wilbur's Collected Poems for the New York Sun

• Essays on a Wilbur's "Love Calls Us to the Things of This World"

• Helen McCloy Ellison; Ellesa Clay High; Peter A. Stitt (Winter 1977). "Richard Wilbur, The Art of Poetry No. 22". The Paris Review. Winter 1977 (72).

• Settings of Richard Wilbur's poetry in the Choral Public Domain Library

• Wilbur's "Then" (1950) – Composer Jonathan Elliott sets Wilbur's poem to music for Monadnock Music; also featuring Wilbur's reading of the poem

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Richard Wilbur

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Richard Wilbur: Sun 10 Pisces, Moon 11 Sagittarius, Mercury 13 Pisces, Venus 25 Aries, Mars 12 Aries, Jupiter 14 Virgo, Saturn 22 Virgo, Uranus 5 Pisces, Neptune 11 Leo, Pluto 6 Cancer, Mercury Quincunx Neptune, Mercury Opposition Jupiter, Sun Opposition Jupiter, Sun Trine Pluto, Sun Quincunx Neptune, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Semi Sextile Mars, Sun Conjunct Uranus, Mercury Semi Square Venus, Mercury Semi Sextile Mars, Mars Quincunx Jupiter, Mars Trine Neptune, Uranus Trine Pluto

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Photo attribution: Pekka Tarkka, Tarkka, Pekka: Onnen Pekka (photographs appendix). Helsinki 2018.