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Marianne Moore

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Also known as Marianne Craig Moore

American poet (1887–1972)

Person · Open Library

Works
35

Top works

  • Observations
  • Selected poems
  • Dial
  • Dial; Volume 68
  • Complete Poems of Marianne Moore 1ST Edition

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1952-04-04
Active to
2011-02-06
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Marianne Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American Modernist poet and writer noted for her irony and wit. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Marianne+Moore">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • I don't consider In Distrust of Merits a poem. It's just a burst of feelings. It's emotion recorded, a 'haphazard form ' a protest.
  • I have been influenced by the Bible, Bach's music and contemporarily by Pound, Eliot, Stevens, Williams and Hopkins.
  • A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.
  • Omissions are not accidents.
  • Everything I have written is the result of reading or of interest in people.
  • War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized.

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Key facts

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)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Marianne
Family name
Moore
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
St. Louis
Place of death
New York City
Occupation
literary critic
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
poetry
Image
Marianne Moore 1948 hires.jpg
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date of birth
1887-11-15
date of death
1972-02-05
Commons category
Marianne Moore
member of
PEN America
writing language
English language
name in native language
Marianne Moore
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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Early life

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