Muriel Rukeyser
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- Born
- 1913-12-15
- Died
- 1980-02-12
- Works
- 26
Top works
- THE ORGY
- Traces of Thomas Hariot
- One life
- A Turning Wind
- The Speed of Darkness
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Muriel Rukeyser (15 December 1913 – 12 February 1980) was an American poet and political activist, best known for her poems about equality, feminism, social justice, and Judaism. Kenneth Rexroth said that she was the greatest poet of her "exact generation". One of her most powerful pieces was a group of poems entitled The Book of the Dead (1938), documenting the details of the Hawk's Nest incident, an industrial disaster in which hundreds of miners died of silicosis. <a href="https://www.last.f
Key dates
- Born
- 15 December 1913
- Died
- 12 February 1980
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Muriel
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Languages spoken
- English language