Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Jewish recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry documented in the ThankJews directory. Jews are about 16% of all recipients — while making up roughly 0.2% of the world's population.

16%of all recipients are Jewish

17 documented recipients

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Marya Zaturenska

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Karl Shapiro

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Stanley Kunitz

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Louis Simpson

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Anthony Hecht1923

Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet ('The Hard Hours')

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature

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George Oppen

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Richard Howard

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Maxine Kumin

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Howard Nemerov1920

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and US Poet Laureate

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature

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Louise Glück1943

Nobel Prize-winning American poet and US Poet Laureate

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature

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Philip Levine1900

Immunohematologist who co-discovered the Rh blood group system and its role in newborn disease.

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology

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Jorie Graham

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Lisel Mueller

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Mark Strand1934

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and US Poet Laureate

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature

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C. K. Williams

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Carl Dennis

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Philip Schultz

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry