Editing James Wright (poet) (section)

==Influence and awards==
His 1972 ''Collected Poems'' won the [[Pulitzer Prize]]. In addition to his other awards, Wright received a grant from the [[Rockefeller Foundation]]. He corresponded with another Rockefeller grantee, Catholic nun, literary critic and poet [[M. Bernetta Quinn]].<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |last=Ripatrazone |first=Nick |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv2xkjp9p?turn_away=true |title=The Habit of Poetry: The Literary Lives of Nuns in Mid-century America |date=2023 |publisher=1517 Media |isbn=978-1-5064-7112-9 |chapter=Sister Mary Bernetta Quinn: Woman of Letters |doi=10.2307/j.ctv2xkjp9p.7}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Mary Bernetta Quinn Papers, 1937-1998 |url=https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04307/ |access-date= |website=Wilson Special Collections Library of UNC-Chapel Hill}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Sister Mary Bernetta Quinn papers |url=https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/11/resources/1438 |url-status= |access-date= |website=Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University}}</ref>

Since his death, Wright has developed a cult following, transforming him into a seminal writer of significant influence. Fellow Pulitzer prize for poetry winner [[Mary Oliver]] wrote "Three Poems for James Wright" upon his death, and hundreds of writers gathered annually for decades to pay tribute at the [[James Wright Poetry Festival]] held from 1981 through 2007 in [[Martins Ferry, Ohio|Martins Ferry]].