Marya Zaturenska
Marya Zaturenska (September 12, 1902 – January 19, 1982) was an American lyric poet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1938.
Marya Zaturenska
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- Name
- Marya Zaturenska
- Born
- September 12, 1902
- Birthplace
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- Died
- 19 January 1982
- Place of death
- Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
- Education
- Valparaiso University University of Wisconsin, Madison (BA)
- Spouse
- Horace Gregory (m. 1925)
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1938)
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- poet
- Fields
- poetry
- Honours
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry · Shelley Memorial Award
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Marya Zaturenska (September 12, 1902 – January 19, 1982) was an American lyric poet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1938.
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Marya Zaturenska (1902–1982) was a poet, of American nationality. The poet was born in Kyiv and died in Shelburne Falls.
Marya Zaturenska was educated at University of Wisconsin–Madison and Valparaiso University. Activity centred on poetry.
Languages used include English. Honours include Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and Shelley Memorial Award.
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• Name — Marya Zaturenska • Born — September 12, 1902 • Birthplace — Kyiv, Ukraine • Died — 19 January 1982 • Place of death — Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts • Education — Valparaiso University University of Wisconsin, Madison (BA) • Genre — Lyric poetry • Notable Works — Cold Morning Sky • Spouse — Horace Gregory (m. 1925) • Awards — Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1938)
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She was born in Kyiv and her family emigrated to the United States, when she was eight and lived in New York. Like many immigrants, she worked in a clothing factory during the day, but was able to attend night high school. She was an outstanding student and won a scholarship to Valparaiso University; she later transferred to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, receiving a degree in library science. She met her husband, the prize-winning poet Horace Gregory there; they married in 1925. Her two children were Patrick and Joanna Gregory. She wrote eight volumes of poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Cold Morning Sky, and she edited six anthologies of poetry. Her work appeared in The New York Times, Poetry Magazine,
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Poetry
* * • The Listening Landscape. Macmillan, New York. 1941 * * • Terraces of Light. Grove Press. 1960 * * *
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* * • Marya Zaturenska, (1949). Christina Rossetti, A Portrait With Background, The MacMillan Company.
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• 1938 Pulitzer Prize
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- 1.MARYA ZATURENSKA, LYRIC POET RECEIVED PULITZER PRIZE IN '38. The New York Times. January 21, 1982.
- 2.A JEWISH GIRL SHOCKS KU KLUXIA | פארװערטס | 14 פברואר 1926 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית. www.nli.org.il.
- 3.How She Shocked Ku Kluxia | פארװערטס | 14 פברואר 1926 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית. www.nli.org.il.
- 4.Sanford V. Sternlicht. The tenement saga: the Lower East Side and early Jewish American writers. Terrace Books. 2004. 978-0-299-20484-6.
- 5.Zaturenska, Marya. The New York Times - Search. The New York Times.
- 6.Search Marya Zaturenska. Poetry Foundation. 2017-03-28.
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