Note: Dates in parentheses are Hendrix visit dates.
Since 1978, the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation has hosted the following U.S. Poets Laureate:
Marvin Bell (1985)
Howard Nemerov (1987)
Gwendolyn Brooks (1994)
Richard Wilbur (1998)
Rita Dove (1999)
Robert Pinsky (2001)
Donald Hall (2004)
Ted Kooser (2006)
Louise Glück (2013)
--and has brought to campus winners of the following awards:
Nobel Prize in Literature
Seamus Heaney (1984, 1990)
Pulitzer Prize
Howard Nemerov (1987)
Carolyn Kizer (1988)
Charles Gordone (1991)
Gwendolyn Brooks (1994)
N. Scott Momaday (1997)
Richard Wilbur (two-time winner) (1998)
Jonathan Yardley (1998)
Rita Dove (1999)
Yusef Komunyakaa (2000)
Stephen Greenblatt (2003)
Ted Kooser (2006)
Jane Smiley (2006)
Suzan-Lori Parks (2007)
Art Spiegelman (2009)
Jorie Graham (2009)
Louise Glück (2013)
Lynn Nottage (2022)
National Book Award
Ellen Gilchrist (1982)
Maya Angelou (1983)
Barry Lopez (twice) (1985, 2006)
Richard Wilbur (1998)
Howard Nemerov (twice) (1987)
Virginia Hamilton (1985)
Allen Ginsberg (1986)
Tim O’Brien (2003)
Stephen Greenblatt (2003)
Maxine Hong Kingston (2008)
Louise Glück (2013)
Nikky Finney (2021)
American Book Award
Ellen Gilchrist (1982)
Martin Bernal (1991)
Dana Gioa (1992)
Ed Sanders (1993)
Gerald Graff (2000)
Li-Young Lee (2003)
Frank Chin (2009)
Art Spiegelman (2009)
Luis Urrea (2011)
John Wideman (2011)
Arthur Sze (2013)
National Book Critics Circle Award
John Gardner (1979)
Reynolds Price (1982, 1985)
Barry Lopez (1985, 2006)
Donald Hall (2004)
Jane Smiley (2006)
Maxine Hong Kingston (2008)
Louise Glück (2013)
C.D. Wright (2013)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award
Denise Levertov (1980)
Miller Williams (1984, 1995)
Barry Lopez (1985, 2006)
Howard Nemerov (1987)
Carolyn Kizer (1988)
Romulus Linney (1994)
N. Scott Momaday (1997)
Richard Wilbur (1998)
Yusef Komunyakaa (2000)
Robert PInsky (2001)
Tim O’Brien (2003)
Jane Smiley (2006)
Suzan-Lori Parks (2007)
Maxine Hong Kingston (2008)
Lydia Davis (2010)
Dan Welcher (2013)
Louise Glück (2013)
Man Booker Prize
Lydia Davis (2010)
Michael Ondaatje (2012)
Obie Award
Charles Gordone (1991)
Romulus Linney (1994)
Lynn Nottage (2022)
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowships
Suzan-Lori Parks (2007)
Jorie Graham (2009)
Lydia Davis (2010)
John Edgar Wideman (2011)
C. D. Wright (2013)
National Poetry Series Award
Karen Swenson (2002)
National Critics Award
Romulus Linney (1994)
National Book Foundation Medal
Gwendolyn Brooks (1994)