Joan Vincent Murray
Joan Vincent Murray (February 12, 1917 – January 4, 1942) was a Canadian American poet. She studied at The New School, with W. H. Auden. Her papers are at Smith College.
Joan Vincent Murray
- Name
- Joan Murray
- Born
- 12 February 1917
- Birthplace
- London, England
- Died
- 4 January 1942
- Place of death
- Saranac Lake, New York, U.S.
- Education
- The New School
- Awards
- Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition Joan Vincent Murray (February 12, 1917 – January 4, 1942) was a Canadian American poet.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- poet · writer
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Joan Vincent Murray (February 12, 1917 – January 4, 1942) was a Canadian American poet. She studied at The New School, with W. H. Auden. Her papers are at Smith College.
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• Name — Joan Murray • Born — 12 February 1917 • Birthplace — London, England • Died — 4 January 1942 • Place of death — Saranac Lake, New York, U.S. • Education — The New School • Genre — poetry • Awards — Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition Joan Vincent Murray (February 12, 1917 – January 4, 1942) was a Canadian American poet. She studied at The New School, with W. H. Auden. Her papers are at Smith College.
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* • Poems: 1917 - 1942 / Joan Murray. Ed. by Grant Code; with a foreword by W.H. Auden, New York: AMS Pr., 1971, • Drafts, fragments, and poems: the complete poetry, Farnoosh Fathi (Ed.), John Ashbery (Foreword) New York: New York Review Books 2017,
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• 1947 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition, selected by W. H. Auden
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