For the American aquatic biologist, see Marianne V. Moore.
American poet (1887–1972)
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Marianne Moore
Photograph by George Platt Lynes (1935)
Born
(1887-11-15)November 15, 1887 Kirkwood, Missouri, U.S.
Died
February 5, 1972(1972-02-05) (aged 84) New York City, U.S.
Occupation
Poet
Education
Bryn Mawr College (BA)
Literary movement
Modernism
Notable awards
National Book Award (1951)
Pulitzer Prize (1951)
Bollingen Prize (1951)
Edward MacDowell Medal (1967)
National Medal for Literature (1968)
Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for its formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit. She was nominated for the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature by Nobel Committee member Erik Lindegren.[1]
Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for its...
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looser units of cadence rather than a regular meter. Robinson Jeffers, MarianneMoore, and William Carlos Williams are three notable poets who reject the...
before his death. Contemporary opinion was mixed, with poets including MarianneMoore and Wallace Stevens criticizing his work and others, including William...
Jay Lerner Robert Lowell Norman Mailer Robert Merrill Arthur Miller MarianneMoore John O'Hara Gordon Parks Oscar de la Renta Jerome Robbins Irwin Shaw...
Modernist tradition experimented with syllabic verse. These include MarianneMoore, Dylan Thomas, Louis Zukofsky, Kenneth Rexroth and Thom Gunn. Some more...
the only writer to publish as both a Georgian poet and an Imagist. MarianneMoore also became associated with the group during this period. With World...
Eight Poems is a 1962 poetry collection by the American poet MarianneMoore, with illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker. It was published by the Museum...
the colony and included: William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, MarianneMoore, Mina Loy, Ezra Pound, Conrad Aiken, Carl Sandburg, T. S. Eliot, Amy...
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