Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually for Letters, Drama, and Music. It was first presented in 1922, and is given for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, published during the preceding calendar year.

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Special Citations and Awards

Finalists have been announced since 1980, ordinarily two others beside the winner.[1]

1918 and 1919 special prizes

Before the establishment of the award, the 1918 and 1919 Pulitzer cycles included three Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards (called at the time the Columbia University Poetry Prize) for poetry books funded by "a special grant from The Poetry Society."[1] See Special Pulitzers for Letters.

Winners

In its first 92 years to 2013, the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry was awarded 92 times. Two were given in 2008, none in 1946.[1] Robert Frost won the prize four times and several others won it more than once (below).

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

Indented entries are finalists after each year's winner.

1990s

Indented entries are finalists after each year's winner.

2000s

Indented entries are finalists after each year's winner. Two prizes were awarded in 2008.

2010s

Indented entries are finalists after each year's winner.

2020s

Indented entries are finalists after each year's winner.

Multiple wins and nominations

The following individuals received two or more Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry (The 1918 and 1919 Special Prizes are included):

Wins Poet Years
4 Robert Frost 1924, 1931, 1937, 1943
3 Edwin Arlington Robinson 1922, 1925, 1928
2 Stephen Vincent Benét 1929, 1944
Robert Lowell 1947, 1974
Archibald MacLeish 1933, 1953
William S. Merwin 1971, 2009
Carl Sandburg 1919, 1951
Robert Penn Warren 1958, 1979
Richard Wilbur 1971, 2009

The following individuals received two or more nominations:

Bolded years are years that the poet won

Nominations Poet Years
5 Charles Wright 1982, 1983, 1985, 1996, 1998
4 Frank Bidart 1998, 2003, 2009, 2018
Robert Frost 1924, 1931, 1937, 1943
Adrienne Rich 1990, 1992, 2000, 2017
3 Edwin Arlington Robinson 1922, 1925, 1928
Charles Simic 1986, 1987, 1990
2 John Ashbery 1976, 1993
Stephen Vincent Benét 1929, 1944
Forrest Gander 2012, 2019
Jack Gilbert 1983, 2013
Louise Glück 1993, 2002
Anthony Hecht 1968, 1991
Richard Hugo 1980, 1981
Donald Justice 1980, 1996
Robert Lowell 1947, 1974
Archibald MacLeish 1933, 1953
James Merril 1977, 1993
William S. Merwin 1971, 2009
Carl Sandburg 1919, 1951
Diane Seuss 2016, 2022
Mark Strand 1981, 1999
Dave Smith 1980, 1982
Robert Penn Warren 1958, 1979
Richard Wilbur 1971, 2009
C.K. Williams 1988, 1998
Franz Wright 2002, 2004

Robert Frost won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry four times from 1924 to 1943. Edwin Arlington Robinson won three prizes during the 1920s and several people, all male, have won two.

Carl Sandburg won one of the special prizes for his poetry in 1919 and won the Poetry Pulitzer in 1951.

Only three women have had multiple nominations: Adrienne Rich with 4, and Louise Glück and Diane Seuss with 2 each.

See also

References
  1. "Poetry". The Pulitzer Prizes (pulitzer.org). Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  2. "2022 Pulitzer Prizes & Finalists". Pulitzer Prize. May 9, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
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