Poet Franz Wright Has Died

Poet Franz Wright has died. He was 62 years old.

Wright (pictured, via) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2004 for his book, Walking to Martha’s Vineyard. Click here to read some of Wright’s poems.

Here’s more from The Washington Post: “Sometimes, he said, poems appeared to him fully formed in his mind: All he had to was type them out. His 2001 collection ‘The Beforelife’ was a dark, candid look at his addictions and his experiences in a mental hospital. Mr. Wright continued to chronicle his journey of self-discovery with ‘Walking to Martha’s Vineyard,’ which touched his troubled memories of his father and examined questions of mortality.” (via The Huffington Post)