| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judges |
| 1979 | The Poems of Stanley Kunitz, 1928-1978 | Little, Brown & Company | $25,000 | William Jay Smith |
| Cynthia Macdonald | ||||
| Quincy Troupe |
On July 29, 1905, Stanley Kunitz was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard College, where he received a bachelor’s degree in 1926 and a master’s degree in 1927.