Annal:1990 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
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Results of the Pulitzer Prize in the year 1990. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 1990 Pulitzer–Poetry winner
- Score: 10.4
In this collection, winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize, Charles Simic puns, pulls pranks. He can be jazzy and streetwise. Or cloak himself in antiquity. Simic has new eyes, and in these wonderful poems and poems-in-prose he lets the reader see through them.
Time's Power: Poems 1985-1988
- 1990 Pulitzer–Poetry finalist
- Score: 6.4
The author of “Dreams of a Common Language”, “Your Native Land, Your Life” and “Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law” presents a new collection of poetry which focuses on the power of time: memory and its contradictions, death, and the meaning of human responsibility.
- 1990 Pulitzer–Poetry finalist
- Score: 6.4
“From beginning to end Paul Zweig’s poetry evinces a remarkable authority. Reinforced by an energetic love of words, this authority derives in large part from a rare mix of fear and daring, the daring made convincing through fear. Unflinchingly he fronted reality in its more Medusan aspect, and his work ensued not in stoniness but in a most poignant humanity.” —Theodore Weiss
