Franz Wright
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Franz Wright, born in Vienna in March 18, 1953, won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his book Walking to Martha's Vineyard (ISBN 0-375-41518-1), published in 2003. He is a 1977 graduate of Oberlin College. Franz Wright and his father, James Wright, are the only parent/child pair to have won the Pulitzer Prize in the same category (Poetry).
Denis Johnson said this about Wright's book Entry in an Unknown Hand: "These poems break me, they're like tiny jewels shaped by blunt, ruined fingers -- miraculous gifts."
Wright is currently the Jacob Ziskind Visiting Poet-in-Residence at Brandeis University.
[edit] Selected works
- God's Silence (2006)
- Walking to Martha's Vineyard (2003)
- The Beforelife (2002)
- ILL LIT: Selected & New Poems (1998)
- The Night World and the Word Night (1993)
- Entry in an Unknown Hand (1991)
- Going North in Winter (1986)
- The One Whose Eyes Open When You Close Your Eyes (1982)
- 8 Poems (1982)
- The Earth Without You (1980)
- Tapping the White Cane of Solitude (1976)
