Richard Hugo
12/21/1923 , (101 years old) in Seattle, Washington
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Biography
Poet and Seattle WA native, Hugo studied poetry at the University of Washington in the first class taught by legendary poet, Theodore Roethke. Worked as a Technical Writer at the Boeing Company for 13 years and later taught at the University of Montana in Missoula. His first poetry book, A Run of Jacks, was published in 1961