Story thread · 9 reports / 9 sources

Poetry Foundation honors Robert Pinsky with a $100,000 lifetime achievement prize

wtop.com · 5dShare

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky has received a $100,000 lifetime achievement award and poet-children’s author Nikki Grimes has been named the next Young People’s Poet Laureate, the Poetry Foundation announced Wednesday. Pinsky, an acclaimed poet and translator who served as U.S. laureate under the auspices of the Library of Congress...

First report: Poetry Foundation honors Robert Pinsky with a $100,000 lifetime achievement prize — clickondetroit.com, 5d