Levine's work often reflected the hardships and dignity of manual labor. He died Feb. 14 in Fresno, Calif. He was 87. In 1991, Levine spoke with... Fresh Air Remembers Former U.S. Poet Laureate Philip ...

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REUTERS - Philip Levine, a former poet laureate of the United States who won a Pulitzer Prize, has died at age 87, according to the website of the Poetry Foundation. Family or close associates of ...

"The truth of poetry is not the truth of history," according to the new poet laureate of the United States. Philip Levine's work is most famous... New Poet Laureate Philip Levine's 'Absolute Truth' ...

NEW YORK — Pulitzer Prize winner Philip Levine, known for his detailed and personal verse about the working class, has been appointed the country's new poet laureate. The Library of Congress was to ...

Philip Levine won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1995 for his 15th collection of poetry, The Simple Truth, and now, at age 83, he has been named the next U.S. Poet Laureate. Levine is widely known ...

(AP) One of the country’s most honored poets, Philip Levine, has received a $100,000 lifetime achievement prize. The American Academy of Poets announced Thursday that Levine, a Pulitzer Prize winner ...

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FRESNO, Calif. — Philip Levine, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose intimate portraits of blue-collar life were grounded in personal experience and political conscience, died Saturday. Levine was 87.

FRESNO — Philip Levine, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose intimate portraits of blue-collar life were grounded in personal experience and political conscience, died Saturday. Levine was 87. Levine, ...