Mona Van Duyn
Mona Jane Van Duyn (May 9, 1921 – December 2, 2004) was an American poet.
Mona Van Duyn | |
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 Van Duyn in 1992 or 1993 | |
| Born | May 9, 1921 Waterloo, Iowa, US |
| Died | December 2, 2004 (aged 83) University City, Missouri |
| Alma mater | Iowa State Teachers College State University of Iowa |
| Occupation | Poet Professor |
| Employer | University of Louisville Washington University in St. Louis |
| Title | United States Poet Laureate |
| Term | 1992-1993 |
| Awards | National Book Award (1971) Bollingen Prize (1971) Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (1989) Pulitzer Prize (1991) |
Van Duyn was born in Waterloo, Iowa. She earned a BA from Iowa State Teachers College and an MA from the University of Iowa.[1]
Her book, To See, To Take won the National Book Award in 1971. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1991 for Near Changes. From 1992 to 1993, she the first woman to serve as United States Poet Laureate.[1]
Books
- Valentines to the Wide World (1959)
- A Time of Bees (1964)
- To See, To Take: Poems (1970)
- Bedtime Stories (1972.)
- Merciful Disguises:: Poems Published and Unpublished (1973)
- Letters From a Father, and Other Poems (1982)
- Near Changes (1990)
- Firefall (1992)
- If It Be Not I: Collected Poems, 1959-1982 (1994)
- Selected Poems (2003)
Mona Van Duyn Media
- Joan Elkin's Painting, Jarvis Thurston and His Circle.jpg
Artist Joan Elkin's 1993 painting "Jarvis Thurston and His Circle" captures key members of the Washington University literary community. Ms Van Duyn (seated) and Dr. Thurston occupy the foreground. Novelist Stanley Elkin talks with Richard Stang, far right. Behind Ms. Van Duyn are poet Donald Finkel (in glasses) and painter Arthur Osver.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mona Van Duyn". Poetry Foundation. 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
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