Marya Zaturenska | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | September 12, 1902 Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Died | January 19, 1982 (aged 79) Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts |
| Education |
Valparaiso University University of Wisconsin, Madison ( BA) |
| Genre | Lyric poetry |
| Notable works | Cold Morning Sky |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1938) |
| Spouse | Horace Gregory (m. 1925) |
Marya Zaturenska (September 12, 1902 – January 19, 1982) was an American lyric poet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1938. [1]
Life
She was born in Kyiv and her family emigrated to the United States, when she was eight and lived in New York. Like many immigrants, she worked in a clothing factory during the day, but was able to attend night high school. She was an outstanding student and won a scholarship to Valparaiso University; [2] [3] she later transferred to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, receiving a degree in library science. [4] She met her husband, the prize-winning poet Horace Gregory there; they married in 1925. [1] Her two children were Patrick and Joanna Gregory. She wrote eight volumes of poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Cold Morning Sky, and she edited six anthologies of poetry.
Her work appeared in The New York Times, [5] Poetry Magazine, [6]
Awards
- 1938 Pulitzer Prize
Works
Poetry
- Threshold and Heart. The Macmillan company. 1934.
- Cold Morning Sky. Macmillan. 1937.
- The Golden Mirror. New York: The Macmillan company. 1944.
- Selected poems. Grove Press. 1954.
- Collected Poems. Viking Press. 1965.
- The Hidden Waterfall: poems. Vanguard Press. 1974.
- Robert S. Phillips, ed. (2002). New selected poems of Marya Zaturenska. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-0717-5.
Editor
- Christina Georgina Rossetti (1970). Marya Zaturenska (ed.). Selected poems of Christina Rossetti. Macmillan.
Non-fiction
- Mary Beth Hinton, ed. (2002). The diaries of Marya Zaturenska, 1938-1944. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-0714-4.
- Marya Zaturenska; Horace Gregory (1946). A History of American poetry, 1900-1940. Harcourt, Brace and Co.
- Marya Zaturenska, (1949). Christina Rossetti, A Portrait With Background, The MacMillan Company.
References
- ^ a b "MARYA ZATURENSKA, LYRIC POET RECEIVED PULITZER PRIZE IN '38". The New York Times. January 21, 1982.
- ^ "A JEWISH GIRL SHOCKS KU KLUXIA | פארװערטס | 14 פברואר 1926 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". www.nli.org.il.
- ^ "How She Shocked Ku Kluxia | פארװערטס | 14 פברואר 1926 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". www.nli.org.il.
- ^ Sanford V. Sternlicht (2004). "Marya Zaturenska". The tenement saga: the Lower East Side and early Jewish American writers. Terrace Books. ISBN 978-0-299-20484-6.
- ^ Zaturenska, Marya. "The New York Times - Search". The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ "Search Marya Zaturenska". Poetry Foundation. 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1922–1950) | ||
|---|---|---|
| .png){kind=small} | |
| ||
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
 | This biographical article about an American poet born between 1900-1909 is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1902 births
- 1982 deaths
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winners
- American women poets
- Valparaiso University alumni
- University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Library and Information Studies alumni
- 20th-century American poets
- Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
- 20th-century American women writers
- People from Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
- American poet, 20th-century birth stubs
Marya Zaturenska | |
|---|---|
|
| |
| Born | September 12, 1902 Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Died | January 19, 1982 (aged 79) Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts |
| Education |
Valparaiso University University of Wisconsin, Madison ( BA) |
| Genre | Lyric poetry |
| Notable works | Cold Morning Sky |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1938) |
| Spouse | Horace Gregory (m. 1925) |
Marya Zaturenska (September 12, 1902 – January 19, 1982) was an American lyric poet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1938. [1]
Life
She was born in Kyiv and her family emigrated to the United States, when she was eight and lived in New York. Like many immigrants, she worked in a clothing factory during the day, but was able to attend night high school. She was an outstanding student and won a scholarship to Valparaiso University; [2] [3] she later transferred to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, receiving a degree in library science. [4] She met her husband, the prize-winning poet Horace Gregory there; they married in 1925. [1] Her two children were Patrick and Joanna Gregory. She wrote eight volumes of poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Cold Morning Sky, and she edited six anthologies of poetry.
Her work appeared in The New York Times, [5] Poetry Magazine, [6]
Awards
- 1938 Pulitzer Prize
Works
Poetry
- Threshold and Heart. The Macmillan company. 1934.
- Cold Morning Sky. Macmillan. 1937.
- The Golden Mirror. New York: The Macmillan company. 1944.
- Selected poems. Grove Press. 1954.
- Collected Poems. Viking Press. 1965.
- The Hidden Waterfall: poems. Vanguard Press. 1974.
- Robert S. Phillips, ed. (2002). New selected poems of Marya Zaturenska. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-0717-5.
Editor
- Christina Georgina Rossetti (1970). Marya Zaturenska (ed.). Selected poems of Christina Rossetti. Macmillan.
Non-fiction
- Mary Beth Hinton, ed. (2002). The diaries of Marya Zaturenska, 1938-1944. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-0714-4.
- Marya Zaturenska; Horace Gregory (1946). A History of American poetry, 1900-1940. Harcourt, Brace and Co.
- Marya Zaturenska, (1949). Christina Rossetti, A Portrait With Background, The MacMillan Company.
References
- ^ a b "MARYA ZATURENSKA, LYRIC POET RECEIVED PULITZER PRIZE IN '38". The New York Times. January 21, 1982.
- ^ "A JEWISH GIRL SHOCKS KU KLUXIA | פארװערטס | 14 פברואר 1926 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". www.nli.org.il.
- ^ "How She Shocked Ku Kluxia | פארװערטס | 14 פברואר 1926 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". www.nli.org.il.
- ^ Sanford V. Sternlicht (2004). "Marya Zaturenska". The tenement saga: the Lower East Side and early Jewish American writers. Terrace Books. ISBN 978-0-299-20484-6.
- ^ Zaturenska, Marya. "The New York Times - Search". The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ "Search Marya Zaturenska". Poetry Foundation. 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1922–1950) | ||
|---|---|---|
| | |
| ||
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
|
| This biographical article about an American poet born between 1900-1909 is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1902 births
- 1982 deaths
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winners
- American women poets
- Valparaiso University alumni
- University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Library and Information Studies alumni
- 20th-century American poets
- Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
- 20th-century American women writers
- People from Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
- American poet, 20th-century birth stubs