RUTH LILLY POETRY PRIZE

The 'Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize' is awarded annually by The Poetry Foundation; the Foundation also publishes ''Poetry''. The Prize was established in 1986 by Ruth Lilly; the $100,000 prize honors a living U.S. poet whose lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition.

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Winners

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Winners

2007: Lucille Clifton

2006: Richard Wilbur

2005: C. K. Williams

2004: Kay Ryan

2003: Linda Pastan

2002: Lisel Mueller

2001: Yusef Komunyakaa

2000: Carl Dennis

1999: Maxine Kumin

1998: W.S. Merwin

1997: William Matthews

1996: Gerald Stern

1995: A.R. Ammons

1994: Donald Hall

1993: Charles Wright

1992: John Ashbery

1991: David Wagoner

1990: Hayden Carruth

1989: Mona Van Duyn

1988: Anthony Hecht

1987: Philip Levine

1986: Adrienne Rich

See also

★ American poetry

★ List of poetry awards

★ List of literature awards

★ List of years in poetry

★ List of years in literature

External links

★ Awards Homepage of The Poetry Foundation.