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For a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, One thousand dollars ($1,000).

American Primitive, by Mary Oliver (Atlantic/Little)

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Poetry in 1984:

The Jury

Ann Stanford(Chair)

Professor of English, California State University, Northridge

Lucille Clifton

Poet

Peter Davison

Senior Editor, Atlantic Monthly Press

Winners in Poetry

1984 Prize Winners