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Philip Levine | Prize-winning poet, 87

Philip Levine, 87, a former poet laureate who won the Pulitzer Prize in writing that celebrates the lives of the working class, died Saturday at home in Fresno, Calif., his wife said Sunday.

File: Pulitzer Prize winning poet Philip Levine is shown at the San Joaquin River Center where he's recited his poetry in Fresno, Calif. Levine, a former poet laureate who won the Pulitzer Prize in writing that celebrates the lives of the working class, died at his home in Fresno, California, his wife said Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. He was 87. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian, File)
File: Pulitzer Prize winning poet Philip Levine is shown at the San Joaquin River Center where he's recited his poetry in Fresno, Calif. Levine, a former poet laureate who won the Pulitzer Prize in writing that celebrates the lives of the working class, died at his home in Fresno, California, his wife said Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. He was 87. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian, File)Read more