Quote by: Franz Wright

When I was nine, I started reading Homer. I would get up at four o'clock in the morning, before I had to go to school, in third or fourth grade, and, for several hours, I would read 'The Iliad' or 'The Odyssey.'


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Author Bio


  • NameFranz Wright
  • DescriptionAmerican poet
  • BornMarch 18, 1953
  • DiedMay 14, 2015
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Pulitzer Prize For Poetry; National Endowment For The Arts