Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

[1] It was first presented in 1922, and is given for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, published during the preceding calendar year.

Harriet Monroe, founding publisher and long-time editor of Poetry magazine, wrote in an editorial (Apr.-Sept., 1922), "The award of a Pulitzer Prize of one thousand dollars to the Collected Poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson is a most agreeable surprise, as this is the first Pulitzer Prize ever granted to a poet.

Four years ago, when the Poetry Society of America gave its first annual five hundred dollars to Sara Teasdale's Love Songs, the award, being made in conjunction with the Pulitzer prizes, was falsely attributed to the same origin.

The following individuals received two or more Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry (The 1918 and 1919 Special Prizes are included): The following individuals received two or more nominations: Bolded years are years that the poet won Robert Frost won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry four times from 1924 to 1943.

Only four women have had multiple nominations: Adrienne Rich with 4, and Louise Glück, Jorie Graham and Diane Seuss with 2 each.