Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former Library of Congress poetry consultant, Anthony Hecht has died at the age of 81.
A formalist who wrote in meter, rhyme and stanza at a time when most poets had turned to free verse, Hecht has been compared favorably to W.H. Auden and Robert Frost. He published on an irregular basis, producing nine collections of verse, but belying the notion that poetry is a young person’s game, he published five of those volumes after the age of 50. He also wrote essays and criticism, including a well-received book-length study of Auden’s work.
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