Awards & Winners

Anthony Hecht

Date of Birth 16-January-1923
Place of Birth New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Anthony Evan Hecht
Profession Poet, Translator
Anthony Evan Hecht was an American poet. His work combined a deep interest in form with a passionate desire to confront the horrors of 20th century history, with the Second World War, in which he fought, and the Holocaust being recurrent themes in his work.

Awards by Anthony Hecht

Check all the awards nominated and won by Anthony Hecht.

2002


Ambassador Book Award for Poetry
Honored for : The Darkness and the Light: Poems

1991


Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Transparent Man

1974


Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Translation Seven against Thebes

1968


Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Honored for : The Hard Hours