[Charles Guenther collection (1920-)]. 1953-1979.

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[Charles Guenther collection (1920-)]. 1953-1979.

Consists of correspondence, papers, and photographs from the personal collection of Charles Guenther. Includes drafts of poems and papers relating to Guenther's careers as a poetry critic for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and a poetry translator. Includes correspondence with and photographs of poets, including Conrad Aiken, e.e. cummings, Robert Silliman Hillyer, Marianne Moore, Henry Rago, and Richard Wilbur.

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Wilbur, Richard, 1921-....

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American poet and translator of Racine and Moliè€re. From the description of Correspondence and manuscripts, 1949-1986. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122692657 Wilbur is an American poet, translator, teacher and scholar; he was the second Poet Laureate of the United States and twice recipient of the Pulitizer Prize for poetry. From the description of Papers, 1945-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat recor...

Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972

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Guenther, Charles, 1920-2008

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