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Mona Van Duyn

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Also known as Mona Jane Van Duyn

American poet

Person · Open Library

Works
17

Top works

  • The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
  • The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition
  • The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition
  • Letters from a Father
  • A time of bees (Contemporary poetry series)

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1921-05-08
Active to
2004-12-01

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
447
Total plays
832

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Mona Van Duyn is a distinguished writer whose honors include a Bollingen Prize, a National Book Award, and a term as the United States's official poet laureate. "She is a poet of great wisdom, skill, and versatility," affirmed a contributor to Virginia Quarterly Review. Elizabeth Frank, meanwhile, described Van Duyn in a Nation appraisal as "a poet who usually tries harder than any of her contemporaries to coax affirmation out of the waste and exhaustion of modern life. <a href="https://www.last

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Mona
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Waterloo
Place of death
University City
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Mona Van Duyn.jpg
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date of death
2004-12-02
date of birth
1921-05-09
manner of death
natural causes
name in native language
Mona Van Duyn
Sources (4)

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