Wallace Stevens Award
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The Wallace Stevens Award is a major annual American literary award for mastery of poetry in the English language. It is awarded by the Academy of American Poets, and honors Wallace Stevens, who was one of the most distinguished American poets of the 20th century. The award, established in 1994, presently includes a stipend of $100,000.
- 2007 — Charles Simic
- 2006 — Michael Palmer
- 2005 — Gerald Stern
- 2004 — Mark Strand
- 2003 — Richard Wilbur
- 2002 — Ruth Stone
- 2001 — John Ashbery
- 2000 — Frank Bidart
- 1999 — Jackson Mac Low
- 1998 — A. R. Ammons
- 1997 — Anthony Hecht
- 1996 — Adrienne Rich
- 1995 — James Tate
- 1994 — W. S. Merwin
[edit] See also
- American poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of literature awards
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
